Judge R.W. Clarke Quotes in Walking Tall (1973)

Judge R.W. Clarke: Why you self appointed dictator!... All you know is force and violence!... You don't understand the simplest things about the law!

Buford: I understand the difference between a poor honest judge and a rich dishonest one!

Buford: That fight yesterday was for real... Obra could have been killed, and all you do is levy a 10 dollar fine!

Judge R.W. Clarke: My prerogative... You run the streets, I run the courts!

Buford: I bring em in and you let em go. it all becomes a big joke, and I don't care to trade lives for laughs... From now on I want maximum penalties!

Judge R.W. Clarke: [Buford has moved the Judge's Chambers into the men's room] What the hell is going on here?

Buford: I've read the book, Your Honor, and it clearly states on page 53 paragraph 6 that the sheriff has the right to assign all courtrooms and judges chambers... In view of your past judgements, I thought you might feel more at home here... You have your own choice of seats...

[shows commodes]

Buford: There's no telephone yet, but you won't need one today...

[Hands over search warrents]

Buford: Here's a list of search and seizure warrents... I want them by 3 O'clock today... Oh, and by the way, if word of any warrents, pardon the expression, "leaks out", well your distinguished career is over... Page 92, section 4.

[Hands book to the judge]

Judge R.W. Clarke: I'll be damned!... I'LL BE DANMNED!