- Marshal Lyle McKendrick: I tell you we've lost, Paladin. Even if you get him. Just because you're laying a gun on him, don't mean everything. If I was younger, if I had time, I'd lean my weight in Ashburne's direction. Knowing what I do now, I'd have to.
- Paladin: You'd throw in with the Devil?
- Marshal Lyle McKendrick: I tell you we've lost, Paladin. Even if you get him, it'll be because you're laying a gun on him. It don't mean everything he said isn't right.
- Paladin: The stable's empty, not even a memory of a horse.
- Curley Ashburne: That takes the aces out of your deck, doesn't it.
- Paladin: [First words] You think you're alone, Curley. You think you've looked virtue in the eye and thumbed your nose. Just remember this: Even Satan has to pay his dues.