Key quotes from Blazing Saddles
Race Quotes
LYLE: Now, come on, boys, where's your spirit? I don't hear no singing. When you were slaves, you sang like birds.
Violence Quotes
CHORUS: And all at once the trouble started/ A pack of murderers and thieves/ Like swarms of locusts they descended/ Their aim to make the townsfolk flee.
Cunning and Cleverness Quotes
Sorry about the "Up yours, n*****." I hope this apple pie will in some small way say thank you for your ingenuity and courage in defeating that horrible Mongo.
Politics Quotes
GOVERNOR: Sheriff murdered! Innocent women and children blown to bits! We've got to protect our phony-baloney jobs, gentlemen.
Community Quotes
CHORUS: There was a peaceful town called Rock Ridge/ Where people lived in harmony/ They never had no kind of trouble/ There was no hint of misery.