Reverend Clayton: You wanna quit, Ethan? Ethan: That'll be the day.
Martin: I hope you die! Ethan: That'll be the day.
Ethan: What you saw wasn't Lucy. Brad: But it was, I tell you! Ethan: What you saw was a buck wearin' Lucy's dress. I found Lucy back in the canyon. Wrapped her in my coat, buried her with my own hands. I thought it best to keep it from ya. Brad: Did...
[Brad Jorgenson takes a small boulder and attempts to crush the skull of a dead Comanche warrior] Reverend Clayton: Jorgenson! Ethan: Why don't you finish the job? [shoots out the eyes of the Comanche warrior] Reverend Clayton: What good did that do ...
Ethan: Well Reverend, looks like you've got yourself surrounded. Reverend Clayton: Yeah and I figure on getting myself unsurrounded.
Ethan: Figure a man's only good for one oath at a time; I took mine to the Confederate States of America.
2nd Lt. Greenhill: Can't I stay? Please? Reverend Clayton: Oh, all right. But you watch me, boy! I'm the hardcase you're up against out here, not them childish savages! And if you don't hear my first holler, you better read my mind 'cause I don't aim...
Charlie McCorry: [to Martin as he embraces Laurie just before Charlie and Laurie's wedding] I'll thank you to unhand my fi-an-cy.
Ethan: Our turnin' back don't mean nothin', not in the long run. She's alive, she's safe... for a while. They'll keep her to raise her as one of their own till, until she's of an age to... Martin: Don't you think there's a chance we still might find ...
Reverend Clayton: Ethan, I gotta ask you and Martin to take a ride to State Capital. Ethan: Is this an invite to a necktie party, Reverend?
Reverend Clayton: I say we do it my way. That's an order! Ethan: Yessir. But if you're wrong don't ever give me another.
Lars Jorgensen: It's this country killed my boy. Yes by golly I tell you, Ethan... Mrs. Jorgensen: No Lars. It just so happens we be Texicans. Texican is nothing but a human man way out on a limb. This year and next, and maybe for a hundred more. But...
Reverend Clayton: Well, the prodigal brother. When did you get back? Ain't seen you since the surrender. Come to think of it, I didn't see you at the surrender. Ethan: I don't believe in surrenders. Nope, I've still got my saber, Reverend. Didn't bea...
[Reverend Clayton delivers a prayer at the Edwards' funeral for Aaron, Martha, and Ben] Ethan: Put an amen to it! Reverend Clayton: I ain't finished yet. Ethan: There's no more time for praying! AMEN!
Reverend Clayton: Mount! M-O-N-T-E! Mount!
Mose Harper: [preparing for an Indian attack] That which we are about to receive, we thank thee, O Lord.
Ethan: Let's go home, Debbie.
Ethan: Well, Reverend, that tears it! From now on, you stay out of this. All of ya. I don't want you with me. I don't need ya for what I got to do.
