- Buford Pusser: [Pinky has wrecked his boat after running into the logs] Well... I warned ya to stop.
- Carl Pusser: [Talking to his friends about Buford] We may as well be going round and round talkin' about whether to plant soybeans or cotton.
- John Witter: [Pinky has brought Ray Henry to meet Mr. Witter] Just what goes on in that stupid head of yours, Pinky Dobson!
- Carl Pusser: [Carl is upset at Buford for arresting his friend] I'll be damned if I can understand you, Buford!
- John Witter: [to Pinky Dobson about Buford] You picked the one time his wife was in the car next to him... And you make it so that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation... They're both down here just shakin' away at that tree tryin' to make somethin' fall out!
- Buford Pusser: [Exiting the boarding house] Grady, remember a man who came down to shake my hand when I was first elected sheriff?... Witter, John Witter?
- Grady Coker: Which one of them was he?
- Buford Pusser: Fat man... From Nashville.
- Grady Coker: Yeah... I remember him.
- Buford Pusser: Yeah... I'd almost forgotten about him.
- [last lines]
- John Witter: [to Marganne about killing Buford] You just make sure you set him up for a no miss situation.
- John Witter: [Mr. Whitter is angry at Pinky and Ray Henry for bungling Bufords murder] One stupid blunder after another just brings that son of a bitch that much closer to this house!
- Obra Eaker: [to Buford After destroying then impounding Stud's car] I wanna tell you something.
- Buford Pusser: What?
- Obra Eaker: You're my kind of sheriff... That's it, you're my kind of sheriff.
- Buford Pusser: Obra, you're a fair to middlin' deputy.
- Ruby Ann: [Buford nears Pinky's car] Don't you come near me, you understand?... I'm all wet. You made me wet my pants!
- Grady Coker: [to the men discussing Buford's reelection] If Buford sets his mind to stand for reelection, there's no man or thing in West Tennessee that's gonna talk or scare him out of it.
- Obra Eaker: [to those discussing Buford's run for reelection] You know Buford ain't givin' up that badge until every man in those ambush cars is either dead or in jail.
- Obra Eaker: [Buford was chasing Stud, and the tire came off his car. They see that the bolts were stripped] Buford Pusser, you wanna tell me that this wasn't a set-up?
- Buford Pusser: Old buddy, this was a damn sure set-up!
- Carl Pusser: [Grady and Obra arrive at Carl's for a meeting] Grady, Obra... There's more ideas a flyin' around than a possum has tricks.
- John Witter: [to Marganne] That bungling Pinky Dobson and that moron Ray Henry... The trouble those two have caused me are tryin' a true Christian man's patience.
- John Witter: [Mr. Whitter is upset at Pinky and Ray Henry for not killing Buford] You brought this thing down on my back, and you can get it off my back!... Now do you understand that, or are you too goddamned stupid?
- Pinky Dobson: [to Ruby Ann after she reveals where Ray Henry is] Nothing you say means anything!... NOTHING YOU SAY MEANS ANYTHING!
- Pinky Dobson: [to Ray Henry after they meet with Mr. Whitter] That old man Whitter, he's got ice water for blood, I'll tell ya that... He gives you that look, you know he means what he says.
- Marganne Stilson: [Discusiing Pusser] Mr. Whitter, there are different names for different games... I know my game.
- John Witter: I hope so... I sincerely hope so.
- Marganne Stilson: [John Witter and Marganne are discussing Pusser] Sheriff Pusser will go for a drive with me within a week of today, I assure you.
- John Witter: Why are you so sure?
- Marganne Stilson: I know when a man is interested, Mr. Whitter... Wife dead almost a year, eight months in a hospital... He's interested, beleive me, he's interested.
- John Witter: [Mr. Whitter and Marganne are having a drink, and discussing Pusser] Well, you better have your shooters out on the lake every day.
- Marganne Stilson: They work for me, Mr. Whitter, they don't miss... He goes out on that lake, he ain't ever gonna float up from that bottom.
- [Whitter laughs]
- John Witter: [Mr. Whitter and Marganne are having a drink] I'm gonna tell you somethin'... If it all turns out the way you say it is, when it's all over and done, no reason in the world you and I can't be... Better friends.
- Marganne Stilson: You can afford me for this contract, Mr. Whitter... But what I see behind your eyes... You couldn't possibly afford.