- [Darniell removes his bandanna to reveal a clerical collar]
- Joker Smith: You, ah, you a preacher?
- Ben Darniell: Well, I'm supposed to be.
- Joker Smith: Supposed to be? Look, either you is or you ain't!
- Ben Darniell: Well then, I guess I is.
- Ben Darniell: Mrs. Hopkins, are you without sin?
- Widow Hopkins: Am I without... You mean, am I qualified to cast the first stone?
- [last lines]
- [Reverend Darniell has tendered his resignation after getting into a barroom brawl with a crooked saloon owner]
- Claire Vernon: Don't leave.
- Ben Darniell: I have no right to stay.
- Bishop: Who says you don't!
- Ben Darniell: Bishop Keaner!
- Bishop: I could have written or replied by wire, but I wanted to get a look at you... and also to tell you personally, Reverend Darniell, that we need clergymen like you who are not afraid to fight when the cause is just; to defend the weak when they cannot defend themselves. You are going to stay in this church in this town in Nevada for a long time, Reverend Darniell. Their faith will be strengthened because of you.