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The Searchers Movie Quotes


Here are a few of our favorite movie quotes from The Searchers.

Ethan Edwards ( John Wayne ):
"Put an amen to it."


Ethan Edwards ( John Wayne ):
"Figure a man's only good for one oath at a time."


Ethan Edwards ( John Wayne ):
"Well Reverend that tears it. From now on you stay out of this. All of you. I don't need you. I don't need you for what I got to do."


Martin Pawley ( Jeffrey Hunter ):
"You want to quit, Ethan?"
Ethan Edwards ( John Wayne ):
"That'll be the day."


Martin Pawley ( Jeffrey Hunter ):
"What if you'd missed?"
Ethan Edwards ( John Wayne ):
"Never occurred to me."


Martin Pawley ( Jeffrey Hunter ):
"I hope you die."
Ethan Edwards ( John Wayne ):
"That'll be the day."


Ethan Edwards ( John Wayne ):
"Is this an invite to a necktie party, Reverend?"


Reverend Clayton ( Ward Bond ):
"The prodigal brother. When did you get back? I haven't seen you since the surrender. In fact, I didn't see you at the surrender."
Ethan Edwards ( John Wayne ):
"I don't believe in surrenders."


Ethan Edwards ( John Wayne ):
"Well, Reverend. It looks like you got yourself surrounded."


Reverend Clayton ( Ward Bond ):
"I say we do it my way and that's an order."
Ethan Edwards ( John Wayne ):
"Yes, Sir. But if you're wrong, don't ever give me another."


Mrs. Jorgensen ( Olive Carey ):
"It just so happens we be Texicans. Texican is nothing but a human man way out on a limb. This year and next and maybe for a hundred more. But I don't think it will be forever. Someday this country is going to be a fine, good place to be. And maybe it needs our bones in the ground before that time can come."





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How long did Ethan and Martin search for Debbie?

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