- John Dutton: Leverage is knowing if someone had all the money in the world, this is what they would buy.
- John Dutton: When you say 'no', it must be the death of the question. If there's even a hint of maybe, the questions won't stop until they find something you can't say no to.
- John Dutton: Got tiger stripes on his legs. You know what that means, don't you?
- Kayce Dutton: Spanish blood - pure.
- John Dutton: One of his ancestors probably bucked a conquistador and took to the hills.
- Tate Dutton: What's a transplant?
- Kayce Dutton: It's, um, a person who moves to a place, and then they try to make that place just like the place they left.
- Tate Dutton: That don't make sense.
- John Dutton: When you look at that calf, what do you see?
- Lee Dutton: I see a life I got to feed and defend until it grows up and feeds me.
- John Dutton: That's what a cowboy should see. But a cattleman sees a $293 investment worth $1100 in 7 months, whether it feeds anyone or not.
- Ron Wright: On their land, it's their river. I mean, I can't stop the river from flowing.
- John Dutton: I don't want you to stop it, Ron, I want you to move it.
- Kayce Dutton: What do you want from me?
- Thomas Rainwater: To help me understand the man I'm negotiating with.
- Kayce Dutton: Well, he's reasonable, till he's provoked. Then reason don't factor in at all.
- Jamie Dutton: The state of Montana has never gauged its progress by the size of its cities. We measure our progress by how those cities impact the people and the land surrounding them, the land that feeds them, provides their water, nourishes their souls.
- Alan: This doesn't sound like a legal argument, Mr. Dutton. It sounds like a lecture.
- Jamie Dutton: Well, it's a summation of our state constitution, which clearly states that land preservation and property rights take precedence over public expansion.
- Alan: The constitution clearly denotes the state's right to eminent domain and grants the authority to condemn property for the public good.
- Jamie Dutton: For essential public services like hospitals, schools, highways... not housing developments.
- Alan: Housing is essential. Bozeman has doubled in size in a decade. We're thirty miles away, and our population is less than it was forty years ago. Why? - Because their fence guarantees we don't grow. Stagnation is death for a town, and the Duttons are the ones killing it.
- Governor Lynelle Perry: Well, poetic if it were true, since a Dutton founded the town. As it stands, the defendant is correct. Our land use laws are quite clear. For this commission to grant eminent domain, you must show public need, not desire.
- Committee Member: I think that's enough posturing. Let's put it to a vote.
- Governor Lynelle Perry: The plaintiff hasn't shown any legal imperative for a vote, so this case is dismissed.
- [GAVEL THUDS]
- Alan: It's 30,000 acres, Jamie. That isn't a fraction of the ranch. Okay, look, you can harvest the timber first, no environmental review, nothing. You can cut every tree to the root.
- Jamie Dutton: You want to suggest to my father that he clear-cut his land, be my guest. You're a braver man than me.
- Alan: Just mention it, Jamie. The town grows, or it dies.
- Jamie Dutton: Well, maybe it should grow... up. Condos, Alan, like they have in San Francisco.
- Alan: Condos? Who wants to live in a condo in Montana?
- Young Man: Bob... Bob needs you.
- Beth Dutton: Give me a minute.
- Young Man: I don't think he has a minute.
- Craig Martin: God damn it, Bob, I didn't come here to do business with these people.I came here to do business with you.
- Beth Dutton: I can hear you screaming halfway down the hall, Craig.
- Craig Martin: I thought we were gonna try and work this out, Bob.
- Bob Schwartz: We've been trying to work this out for three hours, Craig. This is the alternative.
- Craig Martin: We don't want to merge.
- Beth Dutton: No one wants to merge with you. You have a three-to-one debt ratio. It'd be easier to sell VCRs.
- Beth Dutton: I'm not gonna be bullied by your hatchet man, Bob.We will pull our funds, and we will take our business down the street to Chase.
- Bob Schwartz: We're just asking you to suspend the dividend.
- Craig Martin: And kill the stock!
- Beth Dutton: What do you think's gonna happen when I dump our %18 share tomorrow morning? I'll tell you what. The stock will drop below 10, SEC will suspend trading, and every creditor you have will file on you. Your company will be Chapter 11 by Friday, and since we're your largest creditors, I can promise you there'll be no negotiating then. I will be CEO of IL Energy by Monday. I will fire every fucking employee. Then I will sell your leases and equipment to Chevron for 30¢ on the dollar, and you, buddy, you will have the unique distinction of being the only drilling company to go bankrupt in the largest oil boom of the last century. Won't that look good on a résumé?
- Craig Martin: I started this company in my garage.
- Beth Dutton: That's where it's gonna end up if you don't suspend the dividend and allow us to assume management. Don't look at him. You're dealing with me now. So what's it gonna be?Are we restructuring your company tomorrow or killing it?
- Bob Schwartz: Good. You made the right choice, Craig. We'll get you through this.
- Craig Martin: [UNDER BREATH] Bitch.
- Beth Dutton: I just saved your house. I put your kids through college. Maybe you should say something more appropriate.
- Craig Martin: Thank you.
- Beth Dutton: You're welcome.