- Marshal Gib Scott: I'm not anxious to get my head blown off. Four to one ain't the best odds in the world but I guess that's the way it's gonna have to be.
- Eddie Wilson: Gibb, I've let you pin a deputy badge on me more than once, sometimes when I'd rather stayed home. I've always gone along. You're a good lawman and I like what you've done to this town. This time I'm saying no. Let them have Mallet.
- Marshal Gib Scott: You think I'm gonna sit back and let them kill him? Suppose I did. How would you and the rest of the town feel about me... tomorrow... next week?