“- Historical Society Woman: It must give you a great amount of satisfaction to make old ugly things right again.
- Jennifer Spencer: Yes, sometimes it does.”
Nancy Fish - Historical Society Woman
Sondra Locke - Jennifer Spencer

“- Judge Francis J. Quinncannon: Don't you believe in medicine, Doctor?
- Dr. Edward G. Armstrong: Do you believe in justice, Judge?”
Barry Fitzgerald - Judge Francis J. Quincannon
Walter Huston - Dr. Edward G. Armstrong

“When I was young I really wanted to change the system. I was ready to fight. I was going to be the best, no matter what. Once you get caught up in the game, you suddenly realize the system you wanted to change actually changed you. I lost my way.”

Jamie Foxx - Nick Rice

- Jane Hilton: "Grandpa, Grandpa, Grandpa". What about yourself? Why is it so important that you satisfy him, the old...
- Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd: Because he loved me so. I'm sure he did - once. But all through military school, from the time I was eight years old, I kept letting him down.
Jennifer Jones - Jane Hilton
Robert Walker - Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd

“You don't know anything about society, Maria; you don't have the satisfaction of avoiding it.”

Michael Douglas - Nicholas Van Orton