Judge R.W. Clarke: Why you self appointed dictator... All you know is force and violence... You don't understand the simplest things about the law.
Buford: I understand the difference between a poor honest judge and a rich dishonest one.
Thurman: Hey, Buford - How'd ya like a nice plush job as my deputy? No presence required, just brute animal force.
Buford: I ain't that desperate.
Buford: That fight yesterday was for real... Obra could have been killed, and all you do is levy a 10 dollar fine.
Judge R.W. Clarke: My prerogative... You run the streets, I run the courts.
Buford: I bring em in and you let em go. It all becomes a big joke, and I don't care to trade lives for laughs... From now on I want maximum penalties.
Buford: There's only two rules, and that's all... But don't ever forget them. Number one we enforce the law equally. Number two, any man caught taking a bribe gets his head knocked off by me.