The Magnificent Seven (1960) - Quotes

A Question of Choices and Sacrifice

Calvera: (dying words) You came back... to a place like this. Why? A man like you...why?

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Only Texans Can Rob Banks

Calvera: Once I rob a bank in Texas. Your government get after me with a whole army. Whole army! One little bank. It's clear to me, the meaning? In Texas, only Texans can rob banks.

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Power and Control in Calvera's Words

Calvera: (whispering) Just a little gesture, huh? To show these people who the real boss is. You go, then I give you the guns back. I know you won't use those guns against me. Only a crazy-man makes the same mistake twice.

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Inevitability of Fate and Consequences

Calvera: What happens to these people will happen whether I kill you first or not.

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The Burden of Leadership and Loyalty

Calvera: Your friends, they don't like you very much anymore. You force them to make too many decisions. With me, only one decision: do what I say.

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Calvera's Desperate Realization of Captivity

Calvera: You hear that? We're trapped! All forty of us!

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Consequences of Good Deeds

Calvera: Shows you — sooner or later you must answer for every good deed.

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The Consequences of Generosity in Leadership

Calvera: Generosity. That was my first mistake. I leave these people a little bit extra and they hire these men to make trouble.

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Philosophy of Control and Submission

Calvera: If God didn't want them sheared, He would not have made them sheep.

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Calvera's Command to Return for More

Calvera: Enough! We get the rest when we come back.

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The End of Prosperity and Safety

Calvera: The days of good hunting are over. Once there was horses, cattle, gold, fruit from the trees... no more. Now I must hunt with a price on my head, Rurales at my heels.

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Impulsive Decisions and Their Consequences

Vin: Fella I once knew in El Paso, one day he took all his clothes off and jumped in a mess of cactus. I asked him the same question, why? He said it seemed to be a good idea at the time.

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Understanding Shared Struggles in a New Place

Vin: The reason I understand your problem so well is that I walked into the same trap myself. Yeah. First day we got here I started thinking, maybe I could put my gun away. Settle down, get a little land, raise some cattle. The things these people know about me would work to my credit, it wouldn't work against me. I... just didn't want you to think you were the only sucker in town.

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Confronting Conflict with Firearms

Vin: We deal in lead, friend.

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Humor in Facing Adversity

Vin: Reminds me of that fella back home who fell off a ten-story building. As he was falling, people on each floor kept hearing him say, "So far, so good." Heh, so far, so good.

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A Question About Family Connections

Vin: You don't happen to have an older, grateful sister, do you?

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Observation on Towns and Their Inhabitants

Vin: You know, I've been in some towns where the girls weren't very pretty. Matter of fact, I've been in some towns where they were downright ugly. But this is the first time I've ever been in a town where there are no girls at all — cept little ones.

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Reflecting on a New Job Opportunity

Vin: I took a job in a grocery store. Fella says I'll make a crackerjack clerk. Crackerjack.

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Concerns of Staying in a Dangerous Position

Vin: I never rode shotgun on a hearse before. Gettin up there don't bother me. It's stayin up there that I mind.

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The Cost of Victory in Battle

Chris Adams: The Old Man was right. Only the farmers won. We lost. We'll always lose.

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Determination to Maintain Resolve in Crisis

Chris Adams: I'll tell you what I can do: I can kill the first man who so much as whispers a word about giving up. The very first man, so help me, I'll blow his head off!

The Simplicity of Shooting Skills

Chris Adams: It's only a matter of knowing how to shoot a gun. Nothing big about that.

Teaching a Lesson About Consequences

Chris Adams: If he rides in with no idea of the reception we can prepare for him... I promise you, we'll all teach him something about the price of corn.