- Judge Mercer McKinney: Fools and shooters put their trust in guns.
- Clay Culhane: Show me something better.
- Judge Mercer McKinney: The law. Those black saddle bags - I carry my law books and my papers in them whenever I'm on the circuit. With proper training, what's in those books can make a man more feared and respected than any gun.
- Clay Culhane: If that's so true and there's so much power in them books of yours, how come you got your books hidden away in a closet?
- David Trench McKinney: I had a brother once. He was killed. He was hung by my father. Now I'm gonna kill my father.