“- O'Niel: How deep are you in?
- Montone: Not too deep... I'm paid to look the other way.
- O'Niel: I get it. You don't do anything bad, you just don't do anything good, right?”

Sir Sean Connery - O'Niel
James Sikking - Montone

“Well, you know, in Mexico, law enforcement is an entrepreneurial activity. Not so much in the states, anyway, we, uh... We hire drivers with nothing and throw a lot of product at the problem. Some gets stopped, enough gets through. It's not difficult. Look, boys, this has worked for years, okay. It's going to continue to work for years.”
Don Cheadle - Montel Gordon

“I will tolerate one gang, because that is the nature of things. A certain amount of corruption is inevitable. But if I find two gangs here when I get back, then in a couple of hours there will be no gangs here.”
Ken Jenkins - Capt. Tom Pickett

“- Kate: I can't believe a drug company would sponsor a trip like this, no questions. It seems so... corrupt.
- Molly: It's a corrupt world. Let's not argue. It's all less money they can spend on torturing beagles.”
Andie MacDowell - Kate
Anna Chancellor - Molly

“- 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