- Chester: Mr. Dillon! Mr. Dillon, it... it's them!
- Matt Dillon: Them? What do you mean?
- Chester: Uh, uh, Ben Siple and that Ticks. They seen Abby, and they grabbed her, and they're just treatin' her somethin' terrible!
- Matt Dillon: Abby, you want to go with him, or you want to stay here in Dodge?
- Abby: I never want to see him again as long as I live!
- Ben Siple: What do you think you're doin'? This ain't no business of the law, mister!
- Matt Dillon: You know, Siple, you made me break a promise. I told her no one would ever hit her again.
- Ben Siple: Plan to interfere with a man's natural rights?