I believe in white supremacy, until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't believe giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people ... I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from [the Native Americans] ... Our so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.

Republic. I like the sound of the word.

You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.

Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!

Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.

The West - the very words go straight to that place of the heart where Americans feel the spirit of pride in their western heritage - the triumph of personal courage over any obstacle, whether nature or man.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.