- "If there's a wrong; you fight it. If you don't you become part of it. That ain't so hard to understand, is it." ~The Virginian
- “Listen, Bob. A gun is a tool. No better and no worse that any other tool, a shovel–or an axe or a saddle or a stove or anything. Think about it always that way. A gun is as good– and as bad– as the man who carries it. Remember that.” ~Shane
- “There are some who say your father’s principles killed him. Well, he was a man who would rather die for a principle than live without one.” ~Victoria Barkley (Barbara Stanwyck)
- "Mister when I give my word--I keep it!." ~Hondo Lane