Blazing Saddles (1974)

Liam Dunn: Rev. Johnson

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• Rev. Johnson : Now I don't have to tell you good folks what's been happening in our beloved little town. Sheriff murdered, crops burned, stores looted, people stampeded, and cattle raped. The time has come to act, and act fast. I'm leaving.

• Rev. Johnson : Order, order. Goddamnit, I said "order".

  Howard Johnson : [smugly]  Y'know, Nietzsche says: "Out of chaos comes order."

  Olson Johnson : Oh, blow it out your ass, Howard.

• Reverend Johnson : We will now read from Matthew, Mark, Luke...

  [stick of dynamite sails in through window] 

  Reverend Johnson : ... and DUCK.

• [as the townspeople point guns at Bart, the newly arrived sheriff] 

  Rev. Johnson : Gentlemen, gentlemen! Let us not allow anger to rule the day.

  [holds up his Bible] 

  Rev. Johnson : As your spiritual leader, I implore you -- Pay heed to this good book, and what it has to say!

  [townspeople shoot the Bible, blowing it apart] 

  Rev. Johnson : [to Bart]  Son, you're on your own.

• Rev. Johnson : [praying]  O Lord, do we have the strength to carry off this mighty task in one night? Or are we just jerking off?

  Townspeople : Amen.