“The American people are conditioned by network TV, by local news, to believe that their communities are much more dangerous than they actually are.”
Arthur A. Busch - Himself

“Those poor schmucks… they drive Chevrolets, shop at Wal-Mart, never miss an episode of Friends. These are Americans.”
Morgan Freeman - Col. Abraham Curtis

“This is television, that's all it is. It has nothing to do with people, it's to do with ratings! For fifty years, we've told them what to eat, what to drink, what to wear... for Christ's sake, Ben, don't you understand? Americans love television.”
Richard Dawson - Damon Killian

“- FBI Chief: Did Albert ever discuss his political convictions with you?
- Dell: Albert don't have no political convictions. He's an American!”
Newt Arnold - FBI Chief
Gary Busey - Dell

“- Pyiotr Grushenko: Whose ass you Americans going to kick now?
- Sam Boyd: Well, we always got Fidel.”
Mikhail Baryshnikov - Pyiotr Ivanovich Grushenko
Gene Hackman - Sam Boyd