Hell on Wheels (TV Series)

Eminent Domain (2013)

Anson Mount: Cullen Bohannon

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• [first lines] 

  Louise Ellison : I see why they call this place Hell on Wheels. Rough men, loose women, whiskey, sin, and guns.

  Cullen Bohannan : Ain't a church social, ma'am.

• Aaron Hatch : It is by Heavenly Father's decree that we're here. And it shall be by His will, not yours, that we leave.

  Cullen Bohannan : Even God can't stop the rail, Mr. Hatch.

• Cullen Bohannan : [about Durant's schemes]  Shit! I should have killed that son of a bitch when I had the chance!

  Louise Ellison : [walking up from behind]  May I quote you on that, Mr. Bohannan.

• Louise Ellison : How many men do you have?

  Cullen Bohannan : Near 3,000. Work 6 days a week, sunup, sundown. $1.50 a day. Them's good wages.

  Louise Ellison : How many miles do you make a day?

  Cullen Bohannan : Two now, weather and Indians permittin'. Rust eaters lay the rails. Walking boss makes sure the gauge is right. Spiker teams secure the rails to the ground. Fish-plates tie them together. Three swings of the hammer per spike, 10 spikes per rail, 400 rails to a mile, 1,500 miles to Sacramento.

  Louise Ellison : Do you really believe you can win the race against the Central Pacific to build this road?

  Cullen Bohannan : Wouldn't be here otherwise.

  Louise Ellison : You think you can do it without Thomas Durant's political connections? Without his money, his ego to drive it on?

  Cullen Bohannan : Well here I stand, and here he don't.

• Doctor Major Augustus Bendix : [twirling his gun cylinder]  The United States Cavalry was not built for waiting.

  Elam Ferguson : We ain't come here to kill women and children.

  Doctor Major Augustus Bendix : The disorganized brain is lacking in moral principles. You aware of that, Bohannan?

  Cullen Bohannan : Not something I ponder nights.

  Doctor Major Augustus Bendix : Moral principles are the first line of defense against criminal behavior.

  Cullen Bohannan : Learn somethin' new every day.

  Doctor Major Augustus Bendix : Without moral principles, these Mormons will inevitable turn to violence to solve their problems, just like the heathens.

• Cullen Bohannan : God's been slack with the grace of late.

  Ruth : Then show them yours.