"I wore this frock coat in Washington, before the war. We wore them because we belonged to the five civilized tribes. We dressed ourselves up like Abraham Lincoln. We only got to see the Secretary of the Interior, and he said: "Boy! You boys sure look civilized.!" he congratulated us and gave us medals for looking so civilized. We told him about how our land had been stolen and our people were dying. When we finished he shook our hands and said, "endeavor to persevere!" They stood us in a line: John Jumper, Chili McIntosh, Buffalo Hump, Jim Buckmark, and me — I am Lone Watie. They took our pictures. And the newspapers said, "Indians vow to endeavor to persevere.""

"[to Lige] You pull his teeth, he's harmless as a heel hound. Always wanted to face down one of these pistol fighters they raise all the fuss about. Only way to handle them."

"[to Abe, his fellow bounty hunter] He's mean as a rattler, and twice as fast with them pistols."

"We'll do without molasses. Anything from Missouri has a taint about it."

"Sometimes, trouble just follows a man."

"Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle 'Dixie'?"

"[while aiming his scoped rifle at a ferry rope] Well, Mr. Carpetbagger we've got something in this territory called the Missouri boat ride."

"Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is."

"There ain't no forgettin'."

"Hell with them fellas. Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms."

"[to bounty hunter] Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy."

"John Chandler - first bounty hunter"

"John Russell - "Bloody Bill" Anderson"

"Doug McGrath - Lige"

"Len Lesser - Abe"

"Kyle Eastwood uncredited, - Josey's son"

"Richard Farnsworth uncredited, - one of the Comancheros"

"John Quade - Comanchero Leader"

"Will Sampson - Ten Bears"

"Matt Clark - Kelly"

"Sheb Wooley - Travis Cobb"

"Royal Dano - Ten Spot"

"Joyce Jameson - Rose"

"Woodrow Parfrey - Carpetbagger"

"Geraldine Keams - Little Moonlight"

"Sam Bottoms as Jamie"

"[about Matt and Cherry] They was having some fun - peculiar kind of fun, sizing each other up for the future. Them two's gonna tangle for certain and when they do, it ain't gonna be pretty because they got a thousand miles to do it in."

"Never liked seein' strangers. This is 'cause no stranger ever good news'd me."

"Why do Indians always want to be burnin' up good wagons?"

"Colonel, me and Dunson...well, it's me and Dunson."

"If I was you, Colonel, I'd ponder on lettin' him be. He's a mighty set man when his mind's made up. Even you can't change him. Now he'll be headin' South. Mind he don't stomp on you on the way out."

"[to Matt] Go on, draw. I said 'DRAW'! [Long pause] Then I'll make ya. You're soft! Won't anything make a man out of ya?! [He seizes Matt's gun from his holster and throws it away] You once told me never to take your gun away from ya! [He hits Matt in the face several times] You yellow-bellied, chicken-livered..."

"All right. Anybody else? Say it now, 'cause I don't want ever to hear it again. I don't like quitters, especially when they're not good enough to finish what they start. Now go on! Speak up! Say it and you can join your friends here..."

"[to Bunk] You started all this...we're three or four hundred head short and you killed Dan Latimer...stealin' sugar like a kid. Well, they whip kids to teach 'em better."

"Well, we start tomorrow. We're goin' to Missouri with ten thousand head. Most of you men have come back to Texas from the war. You came back to nothing. You find your homes gone, your cattle scattered, and your land stolen by carpetbaggers. Well there's no money and no work because there's no market for beef in the South. But there is in Missouri. So we're goin' to Missouri...Cumberland didn't make it. No one else has. That's the reason I'm here. I want you all to know what you're up against. You probably already know, but I want to make sure you do. We got a thousand miles to go. Ten miles a day'll be good. Fifteen will be luck. It'll be dry country, dry wells when we get to 'em. There'll be wind, rain. There's gonna be Indian Territory - how bad I don't know. When we get to Missouri, there'll be border gangs. It's gonna be a fight all the way. But we'll get there. Nobody has to come along. We'll still have a job for ya when we get back. Now remember this! Every man who signs on for this drive agrees to finish it. There'll be no quittin' along the way, not by me and not by you! There's no hard feelings if you don't want to go. But just let me know now."

"[to Meeker] All right, we rounded up some of your stock and some of Diego's and some of everybody else's around here...I haven't got the time or the inclination to cut 'em out. So I'll drive 'em to Missouri and give you two dollars a head when I get back."

"The big house will be down by the river and the corrals and the barns behind it. It'll be a good place to live in. Ten years and I'll have the Red River D on more cattle than you've looked at anywhere. I'll have that brand on enough beef to feed the whole country. Good beef for hungry people. Beef to make 'em strong and make 'em grow. But it takes work and it takes sweat and it takes time. Lots of time. It takes years."

"Wherever they go, they'll be on my land. My land. We're here and we're gonna stay here. Give me ten years and I'll have that brand on the gates of the greatest ranch in Texas."

"I'm startin' my own herd. I've watched the land south of here since we left the Salt Fork. It's good land, good grass for beef, so I'm goin' South where it is."

"I signed nothing. If I had, I'd stay. You'll remember I joined your train after you left St. Louis."

"Chano Urueta - Don Jose"

"Alfonso Arau - Lt. Herrera"

"Jorge Russek - Maj. Zamorra"

"Paul Harper - Ross"