True Grit Quotes

Punishment comes... one way or another.

Lionel Logue: "Listen to you? By what right?"
King George VI: "By divine right if you must, I am your king."
Lionel Logue: "No you're not, you told me so yourself. You didn't want it. Why should I waste my time listening?"
King George VI: "Because I have a right to be heard. I have a voice!"

I'm a Texas Ranger.

Mattie Ross: But we promised to bury the poor soul inside!
Rooster Cogburn: Ground's too hard. Them men wanted a decent burial, they should have got themselves killed in summer.

I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough.

Cross-examining Lawyer: Mister Cogburn, in your four years as US Marshal, how many men have you shot?
Rooster Cogburn: Shot? Or killed?
Cross-examining Lawyer: Let us restrict it to killed so we may have a manageable figure!