Adolphus Murtry: People like you always forget, civilization has a lag time. Like light delay. You come out here, and you think because you're civilized, civilization comes with you.
Jim Holden: Throw you're gun down, and put your hands on your head. We'll only get this one chance.
Adolphus Murtry: You're just walking in the footsteps of history. The ancient frontier. Those post offices, and railroads, and jails, cost thousands of lives to build. This is no different. I am the kind of man the frontier needs. You're the kind that comes after my work is done. You should have stayed at home .. 'til I built a post office.
Jim Holden: I met another guy once who liked using past genocides to justify his bullshit.
Adolphus Murtry: You weren't persuaded?
Jim Holden: A friend of mine shot him in the face.