- Billy Blue Cannon: I mean no disrespect, ma'am, but you could never be my mother.
- Victoria Cannon: Never is like always, Blue. There is no such thing.
- Victoria Cannon: When I met John Cannon, I knew I had found a very special man, with whom I could have a far more exciting life than I have ever known. I found a man with a dream; a man big enough to fight the wilderness, the elements, the Indians, and even you, Papa. I found the man I wanted to marry. This is why I came here; not because you sent me. This is why I will stay.
- Don Sebastian Montoya: It seems we do not always hold the destiny of mankind in our hands. Sometimes it is a woman, eh?