“It was an opportunity for me to defend America. The country which has given freedom to me and to my family. And it is an honor to fight for that freedom.”

Laz Alonso - Ramon Escobar

“- Jean Villeneuve: [to the slave Occam] Here. A proper musket for you.
- Dan Scott: I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't like the idea of giving muskets to slaves.
- Jean Villeneuve: Your sense of freedom is as pale as your skin.”
Tchéky Karyo - Jean Villeneuve
Donal Logue - Dan Scott

“- Solomon Northup: Master Ford, you must know: I am not a slave.
- Ford: I cannot hear that.
- Solomon Northup: Before I came to you, I was a free man.”
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Solomon Northup
Benedict Cumberbatch - Ford

“I am Solomon Northup. I am a free man; a resident of Saratoga, New York. The residence also of my wife and children who are equally free. I have papers. You have no right whatsoever to detain me... and I promise you, upon my liberation, I will have satisfaction for this wrong.”
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Solomon Northup

“Django is a free man. He cannot be treated like a slave. He... within the boundaries of good taste, he must be treated as an extension of myself.”
Christoph Waltz - Dr. King Schultz