Bo Svenson: Sheriff Buford Pusser

Quotes 

• Melinda Sue : Maybe they brought it on themselves. Maybe they just took too much.

  Sheriff Buford Pusser : Too much, Melinda? How is anyone supposed to know how much is too much? This stuff is made in sinks, it's made in bathtubs, and *nobody* knows how strong it *really* is.

• Sheriff Buford Pusser : I smell ether, he's cooking it.

  Deputy Aaron Fairfax : Buford, don't you think you better let him finish? If we bust him now, we won't have enough evidence to charge him for manufacturing.

  Sheriff Buford Pusser : As Sheriff of McNeal County, I might not have enough evidence, but as Michael Pusser's father, I DO.

• Sheriff Buford Pusser : Michael, I notice you're not eating. Don't you want to grow up big and strong like your sister?

• Sheriff Buford Pusser : [Michael's in the hospital after jumping off the school roof]  It's Pauline all over again.

  Carl Pusser : Don't think like that.

  Sheriff Buford Pusser : I'm not thinking it, I'm feeling it. Two years ago I lost my wife in this same hospital because I'm the sheriff, now I'm going to lose my son the same way.

• Sheriff Buford Pusser : [a student comments PCP is for their generation what booze was for Buford's generation as a crutch]  The only difference in these crutches is how long it takes to destroy a person. Alcohol takes years and years, but only one dose of PCP can leave your brain fried, bent and twisted.