Kit Carson Holliday Quotes in Santa Fe Trail (1940)

Kit Carson Holliday: Jeb, I'm frightened. That boy is crippled for life. And that man on the train, he died for a principle. A man killed for a principle. One of them is wrong, but which one?

James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart: Who knows the answer to that, Kit. Everybody in America is trying to decide.

Kit Carson Holliday: Yes, by words from the east, and by guns from the west. But one day, the words will turn into guns.

Kit Carson Holliday: Oh, Jeb, what does pride got to do with guns?

James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart: Kit, the two things kind of come together down South. You can't pry them apart. Not even with guns.

James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart: What do you do on Saturday night for fun here?

Kit Carson Holliday: Well, as I remember, half of Leavenworth takes a bath and the other half gets drunk. And since there are only two bathtubs in town, things get kind of exciting around midnight.

James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart: By the way, how'd they ever come to name you Kit Carson Holliday?

Kit Carson Holliday: Well, Mr. Carson and my dad were very good friends and they were so sure I was going to be a boy that they named me before I was born.

James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart: Oh, I see. I'm certainly glad they were wrong.

George Armstrong Custer: Me, too!

James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart: Well, me too.

Kit Carson Holliday: Me, too!