- Aaron Robinson: The boy knows the difference between right and wrong.
- Clay Culhane: There is a middle ground between them, you know.
- Aaron Robinson: That's what's wrong with the world - there's too many of you in the middle. The man's either for the devil or against him. I stand where I do for everyone to see.
- Walter Griggs: There's what your Bible trainin' and preachin' is good for! It puts him where he belongs!
- Walter Griggs: A few cents and a rabbit's foot is all I've got left of Billy. It's more than you've got, Robinson! Because when they hang your boy, you'll have the memory of a murderer.
- [last lines]
- Aaron Robinson: All my life I've lived according to the right.
- Clay Culhane: I suppose it was right for somebody else to hang for what you did.
- Marshal Gib Scott: C'mon, Aaron. Aaron...