God made that country for buffalo. It serves pretty well for cattle, but it hates the plow.
8 seconds sound clip from the McLintock! (1963) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:11:27 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- You begrudge us a little free land?
- There's no such thing as free land.
- If you make these homesteads go, you'll have earned every acre of it.
- But you just can't make 'em go on the Mesa Verde.
- God made that country for buffalo. It serves pretty well for cattle, but it hates the plow.
- And even the government should know that you can't farm 6000 feet above sea level.
- Douglas? Just plain Douglas, eh? And you call him Mr. McLintock. Why?
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