Chavez Quotes in Young Guns (1988)

William H. Bonney: Murphy's taking inventory in Tunstall's store right now and you're saying that means nothing to you?

Chavez: It means nothing to me? Murphy and his politicians have taken more blood from me than they ever will from you.

William H. Bonney: How do you figure?

Chavez: The Red Sands Creek Reservation. 200 people butchered in the snow with their stomachs empty. My mother's people. You see, Murphy was under government contract to supply us with beef, but two winters ago, he sent only rotten meat. No corn, no flour, just rancid beef crawling with worms. A few of my men and I set out to a camp in the middle of the night to try and get food. Oh yeah, they welcomed us in, and then they fired at us. I got away, only me. But when I got back to the Red Sands, I found out that the army had already heard about our big indian uprising and they paid us back. My mother was cut by a saber from her privates to her neck. My sisters were just babies, and they had their heads bashed in with boot heels so the army could save bullets. Everyone at the reservation was butchered AND IT MEANS NOTHING TO ME? Oh yeah, I went into Lincoln to take Murphy's head. And that's when John Tunstall found me, and he took me in, and he taught me a better way to bury Murphy.

"Dirty Steve" Stephens: Damn good riding with you, Chavez.

Chavez: Many nights, my friend... Many nights I've put a blade to your throat while you were sleeping. Glad I never killed you, Steve. You're all right...

Chavez: I told you I would find the way, and the way is west.

William H. Bonney: West, huh? Well west is that way...

[points gun in one direction]

William H. Bonney: ...and the bastards we gotta kill are that way.

[points gun in opposite direction]

"Dirty Steve" Stephens: You're a red ass Mexican greaser, you do it with your horse. Mexican greaser!

Chavez: Come here, you little white chicken shit.

[Chavez was able to close in on the Sergeant Major by using a cheeseburger wrapper as a decoy]

Sergeant Major: Soldier, how did you get so close to me?

Chavez: Sniper approached the instructor by being a sneaky bastard, Sergeant Major!

Betty Melton: Why did you move in on my bust like that?

Chavez: You were as nervous as a whore in church.

Betty Melton: You asshole. That was my bust. I could have handled it.

Chavez: That's Mr. Asshole to you.

Betty Melton: Listen, Rambo. I can do anything that you can do.

Chavez: Oh, yeah. I bet you can't grow a beard.

Man with doll: Bet you can't pee standing up.

Betty Melton: Bet you and Mike could teach me.