Judge Buckner: Come on, Doc! Your job is pulling teeth out of people's mouths, not putting words in 'em. Let him speak for himself!

- Raymond Walburn (as Judge Buckner) in Dark Command (1940)

Angus McCloud: Four killings in a week! It's got to stop!
Judge Buckner: Four! Did you say four? That's right, four! Well, we're going to be quite a town, ain't we? I doubt that they have that many in Dodge City. No, I don't think so.
Angus McCloud: We aim to compete with any city in size, but not in lawlessness!

- Porter Hall (as Angus McCloud) in Dark Command (1940)

Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud: Well, I guess Lawrence is burned to the ground.
Bob 'Shortcut' Seton: Yeah. Well, we got a saying down in Texas: that it takes a good fire to burn down the weeds... to let the flowers grow.

- John Wayne (as Bob Seton) in Dark Command (1940)

Mrs. Cantrell: You're at the end of the road and the devil is beside ya... waiting.

- Marjorie Main (as Mrs. Cantrell, aka Mrs. Adams) in Dark Command (1940)

Mrs. Cantrell: You're no good, Will.
William Cantrell: I've killed men for saying less than that!
Mrs. Cantrell: You've killed a lot of men for saying nothing at all!

- Marjorie Main (as Mrs. Cantrell, aka Mrs. Adams) in Dark Command (1940)

Bob 'Shortcut' Seton: [accepting Cantrell's dinner invitation] This is the first time I've had two kinds of bird for dinner - turkey to eat, and buzzard to look at.

- John Wayne (as Bob Seton) in Dark Command (1940)

Bob 'Shortcut' Seton: [to "Doc" before he makes his election speech] I gotta get outta here!

- John Wayne (as Bob Seton) in Dark Command (1940)

Bob 'Shortcut' Seton: Folks, it's true. I don't know much about the law. Ain't had much book learning. But the good Lord gave me a nose for smelling a horse thief a mile off. And what you need in these parts is a marshal that's better at smelling than spelling.

- John Wayne (as Bob Seton) in Dark Command (1940)

Bob 'Shortcut' Seton: You know that girl I was staring at when all the ruckus started?
Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud: Yeah.
Bob 'Shortcut' Seton: Well, who is she?
Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud: Well, her name is Mary McCloud. Why?
Bob 'Shortcut' Seton: Well, I'll tell you. I think maybe I'll marry her.
Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud: What ?
Bob 'Shortcut' Seton: Course if she'll have me, I mean. Fella wouldn't wanna marry anyone that didn't want him, naturally.
Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud: Oh, naturally. Uh, you know her well?
Bob 'Shortcut' Seton: Naw, just seen her once or twice. Once she was on a horse, and...
Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud: ...next time she was with a jackass.
[referring to Cantrell / Walter Pidgeon]
Bob 'Shortcut' Seton: He is, huh? Makes it easier, don't it?
Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud: Practically a cinch. Say, you do things kinda sudden don't you?
Bob 'Shortcut' Seton: No, not exactly. But you see I got 'er figured out this way. If you LIKE someone - and you don't tell 'em right off - well, maybe all that time you wasted, she liked you, too. So... well, all that time's wasted, ain't it?
Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud: Well, it IS the way you put it.

- Roy Rogers (as Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud) in Dark Command (1940)

Andrew 'Doc' Grunch: [Finishes shaving the judge] That'll be two bits.
Judge Buckner: Why no, my good man. I'll be settling with you weekly... no, make that monthly!

- Raymond Walburn (as Judge Buckner) in Dark Command (1940)