- Colonel Bowie, you say I'm a free man?
- That's right.
- Well, if I'm free, then I got a right to decide what I'm gonna do. Seems to me that's what you men are fighting for. So, I reckon I'll... I'll stay.

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You can hear this line at 02:24:15.474 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- And I believe that good shall be triumphant in the end and that evil shall be vanquished.

- I believe in a hereafter.

- Me, too. I figure a man's got to believe in those things, does he want to believe in the good things about man. About his very own self. The real good things. Like courage and honesty And love.

- This is somethin' I promised Mrs Bowie. Know what it is?

- No, sir.

- That's your freedom.

- You're a free man, Jeth.

- Thank you, sir.

- You'd better get your belongings together and get on over the wall tonight. It's gonna be more than a little rough around here.

- Good luck, Jeth.

- Thank you, sir.

- Colonel Bowie, you say I'm a free man?

- That's right.

- Well, if I'm free, then I got a right to decide what I'm gonna do. Seems to me that's what you men are fighting for. So, I reckon I'll... I'll stay.

- Look!

- Gentlemen, good luck. Get to your battle stations.

- What's that?

- It's sure loud.

[...]

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