“- Le Peron: You can always be bribed.
- Lucien Cordier: I've got no choice. First, I'm underpaid; second, my wife takes all my money; and third, fining you is practically a civic duty.”
Jean-Pierre Marielle - Le Peron
Philippe Noiret - Lucien Cordier

“Eternal vigilance is the price of duty.”
Tommy Lee Jones - Chip Hazard

“- Ben M'Hidi: All right. You're in charge.
- Djafar: If I were in charge, you wouldn't be in Algiers now.
- Ben M'Hidi: Duty first?
- Djafar: Caution is best.”
Yacef Saadi - Djafar

“- Lorraine Danel: You've tried everything else and failed. No matter what you do, you'll always fail!
- Stephen Danel: I've never failed and I never will fail.”

Rochelle Hudson - Lorraine Danel
Peter Lorre - Stephen Danel

“We haven't got any use for gamblers around here. You've done your best to ruin baseball, and horse racing, and this is one game that's clean and is gonna stay clean.”
Pat O'Brien - Knute Rockne