- Festus Haggen: That's just proof right there that us Haggens knows a heap more about some things than folks gives us credit for.
- Festus Haggen: Well, I could cure him, if he'd listen to me.
- Dr. Galen 'Doc' Adams: For twelve years you've had law and order in Dodge City because one man enforced the law. Now that he's not here, you're willing to give the town away to the first incompetent that comes along with a shot gun and is anxious to use it.
- Kitty Russell: You said yourself that you didn't see who did it.
- Sam Noonan: Is there any doubt?
- Kitty Russell: There isn't any proof either.
- Sam Noonan: I'll make sure that works both ways.
- Kitty Russell: When's it going to stop?
- Sam Noonan: Somebody's got to do it.
- Sam Wall: There isn't a jury in the world that will believe what he said.
- Marshal Matt Dillon: You wanna bet?