Pompey Quotes in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

[Pompey has gone into the saloon after Tom]

Barman: [indicating that he can't serve Pompey due to his being black] Now look, Pompey. You know I...

Tom Doniphon: [drunk] Who says he can't? Pour yourself a drink, Pompey.

Pompey: You know I don't drink no drams, Mr. Tom.

Tom Doniphon: I said take a drink.

Pompey: No, sir. We got a mare in foal, and horses to feed and water. You come on home.

Pompey: It was writ by Mr. Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.

Ransom Stoddard: Was written, Pompey.

Pompey: Written by Mr. Thomas Jefferson. And he called the Constitution.

Ransom Stoddard: Declaration of Independence.

Pompey: It begun with the words... "We hold these truths to be..." uhh...

Charlie - A Classmate: Self-evident.

Ransom Stoddard: Let him alone, Charlie.

Pompey: "Self-evident, that..." uhh... that...

Ransom Stoddard: "That all men are created equal." That's fine, Pompey.

Pompey: I knew that, Mr. Rance, but I just plumb forgot it.

Ransom Stoddard: Oh, it's all right, Pompey. A lot of people forget that part of it. You did just fine, Pompey.