- [explaining why a black kid from the Baltimore ghetto like himself would want to join the Texas Rangers]
- James "Jimmy" Trivette: When I was a kid, every Saturday morning I used to get up and sneak into the living room and watch my favorite TV show about the most famous Texas Ranger of all time, the last surviving member of a squad ambushed by bandits. Nursed back to health by an Indian, he became...
- Ranger Cordell Walker: Don't tell me...
- James "Jimmy" Trivette: That's right, man! The Lone Ranger!
- Texas Ranger: [to Walker] Nobody expects you to come smilin' into the 21st Century.
- Mexican: This is Mexico, Ranger! You've got no right!
- Ranger Cordell Walker: I've got no right?
- Mexican: No!
- [Walker punches the Mexican]
- Ranger Cordell Walker: I think that was a pretty good right.
- Rapist: Ranger, you screwed up! You forgot to read us our rights.
- Ranger Cordell Walker: You're right! You have the right
- [kicks the rapist]
- Ranger Cordell Walker: to remain silent.
- [On their first day as partners, Walker and Trivette have busted an arms runner]
- Ranger Cordell Walker: Come on, Trivit.
- Ranger Jimmy Trivette: It's not Trivet; It's TRIVETTE!
- Ranger Cordell Walker: [Walker has just been thrown by a bull. He pushes Trivette, who has been roped into being a clown out of the way] Move it Trivette!
- Ranger Jimmy Trivette: Hey, you said my name!
- Ranger Cordell Walker: Go!