The Loner

William Colton:
Two questions, Mr. Whatley. How do you walk without a spine? And why don't you believe in God?

Jody Merriman:
Well, shut my mouth!

Nichols:
That's what the confederacy is now, son. It bled to death in a couple hundred battles.

William Colton:
The next death that I have a hand in... the next killing... if ever I have to kill again... I want it personal. I want to be able to choose. If some boy has to die by my hands, I don't want it sanctioned by an act of congress...

Colonel:
A killing is a killing, Mr. Colton. And a death is a death with or without bugles.

William Colton:
Son, you got two places to go. First to a doctor to get that cleaned out. Then to a minister to thank the good Lord that you're still breathing.

Jody Merriman:
You could've gone six inches lower. You could've killed me. You had your chance. What happened?

William Colton:
I had my chance once before.

William Colton:
Talk and reasoning were the first causalities of the war.

William Colton:
I guess I was wrong, Mr. McComb. Sometimes the meek do inherit the earth.