- Sheriff Elmo Reagan: But you can't, an Indian sheriff? Only ones elected in this country are Americans.
- Joe: My father was born here, in the mountains. His father before him and his father before him and his father before him. Where was your father born?
- Sheriff Elmo Reagan: Ulp, what's that to do with it?
- Joe: I said, where was he born?
- Sheriff Elmo Reagan: Uuh, in Scotland.
- Joe: My father was born here, in America. His father before him and his father before him and his father before him. Now which of us is American?
- Jeffrey Duncan: Nobody ever had mercy on me. When I was a boy they beat me. Even called me bastard. I didn't cry and I couldn't fight back. So thaY began my reveange to get back at them. Brought out my hatred for the indians, like my mother. And I kill white people like my father. My father... A preacher like you, a minister. Breed by mercy. But I got a bad breake when somebody killed him and beat me to the punch.