How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Blazing Saddles.
Quote #4
GOVERNOR: Sheriff murdered! Innocent women and children blown to bits! We've got to protect our phony-baloney jobs, gentlemen.
When the governor becomes aware of all the violence that has descended on Rock Ridge, he is appalled. But as we quickly find out, he's more worried about looking like a bad governor than he is about the safety of Rock Ridge. In his words, he must act immediately in order to protect his job.
Quote #5
HEDLEY: I want rustlers, cut-throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperadoes, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, half-wits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswagglers...
Hedley Lamarr decides to pull out all the stops when his first two plans for destroying Rock Ridge fail. So he's forced to recruit every single horrible thug in the Old West to help him fulfill his plans. Then again, who's to say you can trust an army of murderers and thieves?
Quote #6
OLD WOMAN: Have you ever seen such cruelty?
To convey just how terrible Hedley Lamarr's men are, Mel Brooks includes a scene where these men are holding back an old woman's arms and punching her in the stomach. In a humorous moment, she looks toward the camera and asks us if we've ever seen such cruelty. Of course, it's a rhetorical question because the answer should automatically be "no." She might be a racist hick, but she's still a tiny old woman.