- Billy the Kid: You see, Patrick, them fellows rile me and I ain't even sure they're from Texas and if they ain't, they're gonna run.
- Pat Garrett: And if they are, they'll fight.
- [last lines]
- [Garrett and the newly deputized Billy Bonney have managed to arrest or kill Blanchard's rioting trailhands]
- Pat Garrett: That deputy's badge looks good on you, Billy. Why not keep it?
- Billy the Kid: Oh, better not. Some friends of mine might not understand.
- Pat Garrett: I'm serious, Billy.
- Billy the Kid: So am I, Patrick. See, the law just doesn't mean the same thing to me as it does to Johnny Swift or you and I got a habit of tarnishin' shiny new things, I guess. Now you wouldn't want that to happen to this, would you?
- [Billy returns his Deputy Sheriff badge to Pat]
- Pat Garrett: Billy, give it some thought.
- Billy the Kid: See you around, Patrick.
- Mayor: [Pat resigned as sheriff] Take it easy, Pat. Give yourself some time to think.
- Pat Garrett: Why? So I can keep wearing this badge, maybe kill another friend? Who will it be next time? Billy? No, I've had enough badge-toting for a lifetime.
- Marian Swift: Be proud of Johnny. And be proud of yourself. You taught him to think just like you - a gun's for killin'!
- Billy the Kid: And I'll tell you somethin'. You killed Pat Garrett tonight just as surely as he killed your husband Johnny. Only it wasn't by accident.
- Marian Swift: What are you saying?
- Billy the Kid: I'm just saying the law meant something to Johnny. Same thing it means to Pat Garrett. Exactly! Give decent people a chance to live decent lives here in Lincoln, protecting them from the hoodlums like those trail herders out there. And men like me.
- Marian Swift: [Giving Pat his gun] Use it when you have to. A gun isn't just for killing when it's worn by a man like you. Or Johnny.