- [Bart has backed down from a gunfight with the crooked gambler Jerrems]
- Major Bart McClelland: Billy, this country is growing up. We can't keep on running things just by brute force! If we do, we might as well turn it over to the Indians.
- Billy Kinkaid: Are you sure you're not turning over End of Track to Jerrums this way? Bart, I come through a war with ya. I seen you handle a gun.
- Major Bart McClelland: We're not at war now, Billy.
- Billy Kinkaid: Ain't we?
- Major Bart McClelland: Brody, I didn't expect this from you.
- Brody: I'm pushin' the men as hard as I can.
- Major Bart McClelland: No gunfighting. Most of the men in camp carry sidearms. Suppose I let them settle their differences that way?
- Brody: Well, you're not one of the men - you're *the man*. Do I have to remind ya?
- Major Bart McClelland: The men have been slowin' down at work because they want to see blood. All right, so they'll see some.
- Billy Kinkaid: Bart, listen. Last night you were calm enough to reason. Now you're white with anger and ready to settle matters. What you been sayin' is right. You're here to build a railroad. You told me to cool down before. Would you like a bucket of water for your own head?
- Major Bart McClelland: I just said no gunfighting and I meant it, but I'll back up the law any time, any place. I want your gun.
- Luke Jerrems: You hidin' behind a badge?
- Major Bart McClelland: No badge is big enough to stop a bullet.