Bart Jackson Quotes in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

Judge Roy Bean: You outlaws?

Bart Jackson: We're honest men. Merely been driven to a life beyond the law by circumstance.

Judge Roy Bean: Have you ever been here before?

Bart Jackson: Nope. I don't even know where I am now.

Judge Roy Bean: Well, it's the eagle's nest. Vinegarroon County, Texas.

Bart Jackson: Vinegarroon? What is a Vinegarroon?

Judge Roy Bean: Well, it's a Mexican word. It means whiptail scorpion - mean as hell.

Judge Roy Bean: Got any money?

Bart Jackson: Not much. We tried to rob Three Rivers Flyer. Couldn't catch it. The passengers shot at us from the windows for sport! Not easy bein' an outlaw in times like these.

Judge Roy Bean: By the power vested in me through God and the great and honorable State of Texas, I hereby proclaim you to be Marshals of the court of the county of greater Vinegarroon. For Texas and Miss Lily!

Bart Jackson, Nick the Grub (Jackson gang, Whorehouse Lucky Jim (Jackson gang, Tector Crites (Jackson gang, Fermel Parlee (Jackson gang: For Texas and Miss Lily!

Judge Roy Bean: All of this has come to past because it is the duty of the righteous, which is us, to hang the wicked whenever we can. So, that a man can say truly that *God* has appointed a judge upon the earth. That is how it is - and the way it will be. Amen.

Nick the Grub (Jackson gang, Whorehouse Lucky Jim (Jackson gang, Fermel Parlee (Jackson gang, Tector Crites (Jackson gang, Bart Jackson, Maria Elena: Amen.

Judge Roy Bean: Bar is open!