- Colonel Graham: Jesse, did you know that this man is the last surviving member of the Mo-Tee-Sah tribe? Yes! The Mo-Tee-Sah tribe. I'll show you.
- [picks up coffee cup]
- Weezie: [picks up coffee pot] Mo' Tea, sah?
- Colonel Graham: I'm sorry I didn't hear you.
- Weezie: Mo' Tea, sah?
- Colonel Graham: No, thank you.
- Storyteller: Colt 45, single shot.You had to cock it every time you shot. It was called a peacemaker, but I haven't seen much peace that it brought.No, you guys today have that full automatic. Pull the trigger and spray. History's a funny thing. They said Columbus discovered America and the Indians were already here. That's like me telling you that I discovered your car. They call them evil red savages because they didn't give up the car soon enough. One thing about time. No matter how much or how little passes, it changes things. People forget their past. They forget the truth. But pictures don't lie. Forgotten gunslingers like Nat Love, Ison Dart, Cherokee Bill. And troops too, like the Ninth and the Tenth. See, people forget that almost one out of every three cowboys was black. Cos when the slaves were freed, a lot of them headed out west. Built their own towns. Shit. They didn't have much choice. In fact, over half the original settlers of Los Angeles were black. But for some reason, we never hear their stories. Stories like Jessie Lee and his posse.
- Lana: You know how to cheat Mr Death? By making love. Cos every time you make love, you can make another life. And that makes Mr Death mad as hell.
- Mayor Bigwood: You boys will get a fair trial as God is my witness
- Papa Joe: Is that the same God that witnessed you putting black folks into slavery and stealing Indians' land?
- Mayor Bigwood: You ought to be working on saving your black soul.
- Papa Joe: Shit. I'm working on saving my black ass.
- Lana: You know what your problem is? You think about death too much. You need to start thinking about what's still alive.
- Jimmy J. 'Little J' Teeters: Damn! Who turned out the lights? Just a little humor. Have to admit I'm funny, ain't I?
- Father Time: The Red Man ain't got no problem with the Black Man. As for you, White Boy, that's a whole different story. I mean, first you enslave the Black Man, exploit the Yellow Man, and then you kill off the Red Man so you can snatch up his land for railroads and such. Can I get a witness?
- Obobo: Amen!
- Jimmy J. 'Little J' Teeters: Well if I may approach the bench, your Honor. First, I ain't ever personally enslaved nobody. So, Time, you can kiss my White ass. Second of all, if there was a train coming through on these tracks right now, I'd be on it and you'd be on it, except the only difference would be, I'd be gambling on it and you'd be fetching my chips like a little houseboy, because you can't even cheat right. Now, can I get a witness? Thank you.
- Obobo: Amen!
- Father Time: Jesse, can I kill the cracker, now?
- Jesse: Why don't you let the Indians get him.
- Colonel Graham: Jessie, they say you can tell a lot about a man by his profile. A certain strength of character, or lack thereof.
- King David: I'm talking about revolution without bullets. Revolution without violence or bloodshed. It's easier to shoot a gun than it is to read a book. It's easier to take a man's life than it is to educate him and teach him about life. It's easier to hate than it is to love.The revolution I'm talking about is a revolution of the mind and the spirit. And education, that's the key. Education leads to freedom. Education is freedom. Education will teach you how to do it yourself as opposed to asking someone else to do it for you. And around it our own town... Freemanville!
- King David: Nicodemus was a prophet, at least, he was wise, for he told of battles to come.How we trembled with fear as he turned up his eyes, and we heeded the shake of his thumb bought for a bagful of gold.
- King David: When you start killing for a dream, you usually end up killing the dream too. That's what hell is, watching your dreams die. Your education will set you free.
- Father Time: You sure is the kind that would fart in the bathtub and turn round and bite the bubble.
- Jesse: What about you, Mr. Well-Dressed? Now, why do you wanna ride with a band of outlaws?
- Father Time: Let's kist say I got a good feeling about you boys and I always plays my hunches.
- Jesse: Yeah, well, everything's got its price.
- Father Time: Hell, a man's gotta give the devil his due.
- Lana: I got to thinking about what Jesse said, that whoever has all the deeds for all the land will make a fortune either with Bates or the railroad... Carver, *your* name's on all those deeds, you saw to that.
- Weezie: You saved my life.
- Father Time: I should've just kept riding and saved mine, because lady luck ain't with me.
- Jimmy J. 'Little J' Teeters: Let me see if I got all these names right, now, here. We got Louisiana Slim, Dimples, Jimmy Love, and Father Time. Now, that's an interesting name. How come they call you that?
- Father Time: Well, now, we could sit at this table for eternity and a day and ain't nobody gonna beat Father Time.
- Colonel Graham: You were sentenced to hang but ended up with life in the army. I can strip you of that deferment if you wish, but that leaves you standing at the gallows.
- Weezie: Jessie, you can't do that. We're a posse! All for one, one for all. Besides, when was the last time you had a woman, mister? I know a couple with behinds like a $40...
- Father Time: Your hand looked kinda low there too, Red Man; but, don't worry about that. I'll take the deed to your teepee.
- Dimples: Try that and I'll scalp your black ass.
- Jesse: Y'all wanna ride with me, that's okay. Don't ask no questions that need answering. And don't get in my way.
- Father Time: Damn, your breath stinks.
- Angel: Well, if your wife took a little bit more time to *douche*, I might not have that problem, huh?
- Weezie: Obobo, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your friend Jessie is very strange. Technically, he's very weird. I mean, he don't talk much. I never trust a man who don't talk much. Am I right, Angel? Am I right? Angel, am I right?
- Jimmy J. 'Little J' Teeters: Me and Silas, we used to run a card game back in Abilene till one time, old Silas he got caught cheatin'. Let me tell you, they peeled his black ass like a grape.
- Jimmy J. 'Little J' Teeters: Seems to me the only problem the white man has with the colored man is that he's afraid. You know how people are always afraid of what they don't know or what they don't understand? Me, I ain't afraid of much. Except boredom. Believe you me, riding with Jessie Lee, you ain't never gonna be bored.
- Weezie: My, my, my! Stop right there, girl! You look better than ''Lord, have mercy'' wrapped in some ''Save me, Jesus''! Mm-mm-mm!
- Father Time: You shouldn't give a rat's ass or a witch's titty who he is. I'm the one that's going to kill ya.
- Vera: [singing] Take a comfy seat, baby, And take a ride with me, The ride of your life, You know the score, What you're really searching for, I gots to give it and a whole lot more...
- Carver: You're running from the law?
- Jesse: Well, it depends on whose law you're talking about. The law they got for them - or the law they got for us?
- Carver: You know, you still ain't changed, boy; but the world has. Ain't that black and white no more, Jessie. Soon, the west is going to be settled. Ain't gonna be no more new frontier or frontiersmen. It's gonna be about business, my friend, and businessmen.
- Sheriff Bates: You remind me of the people of this town. They all want a Thanksgiving turkey but won't wring its neck. They hire me to get my hands bloody. I keep the turkeys in a coop. When one of 'em gets loose, I wring its neck.