- Bill Longley: How much are the drinks?
- Bartender: Two bits.
- Bill Longley: You're a dollar short.
- Bartender: I held it out for the box.
- [indicated a contribution box for the sheriff's campaign contributions]
- Winthrop Davis: [to Longley] It's unique, even for American politics. I'm afraid it's the least of our innovations.
- Coy Benner: [to his henchmen] Shut him off.
- Winthrop Davis: Some of our local customs are unorthodox. Frankly, it would take several hours to describe all our political heresies.
- Winthrop Davis: You said, "A drink".
- Bill Longley: Coffee's a drink.
- Winthrop Davis: Yes. The definition is legal and admissible. Too bad.
- Bill Longley: If I had to guess, I'd say you were from the East.
- Winthrop Davis: Winthrop Davis, Esq. from Boston... late member of the faculty of Harvard College. Professor of Legal Jurisprudence with a thirst for knowledge... and a taste for whiskey.
- [last lines]
- Winthrop Davis: I won't try to thank you. I speak four languages and there's no way of saying what... what I feel in any of them. Goodbye. Come back again.
- Bill Longley: I will.
- Winthrop Davis: [pointing to his new sheriff's badge] This isn't just a piece of metal. It's a symbol of authority; of public confidence. What confidence can they have in me.
- Bill Longley: That might depend on how much confidence you have in yourself.
- Winthrop Davis: Does that sound odd - to fight against war?
- Bill Longley: I've heard of preachers speak of the armies of peace. You've made a start here. You could win.
- Winthrop Davis: You're trespassing.
- Coy Benner: On my own property?
- Bill Longley: It isn't your property. That sale was illegal.
- Coy Benner: Go ask the bank. It's all bought and paid. You're the one that's gonna leave. I'm going to count to three. One... two...
- [Benner shoots Davis]
- Winthrop Davis: He didn't count to three...
- Frank: I never killed a man before.
- Winthrop Davis: From time to time, the tree of liberty must be fertilized with blood. Thomas Jefferson said that.
- [See note]