- Barney Caine: You trade lives and human dignity for profit.
- Adam Steiffel: "Money, not morality, is the principal commerce of civilized nations". Thomas Jefferson, 200 years ago. That is the philosophy that built this nation.
George C. Scott - Barney Caine
Marlon Brando - Adam Steiffel

“- Japanese Waiter: Please, take off your shoes.
- Donnie Brasco: Are you kiddin’ me? Take off your pants, what the fuck is that?”
Keenan Shimizu - Japanese Maitre D'
Johnny Depp - Donnie Brasco

“It's a fine line between standing behind a principle and hiding behind one. You can tolerate a little compromise, if you're actually managing to get something accomplished.”
Bill Pullman - President Thomas J. Whitmore

“The organizing principle of any society, Mr. Garrison, is for war. The authority of the state over its people resides in its war powers.”
Donald Sutherland - X

“Never put passion before principle. Even if win, you lose.”
Pat Morita - Miyagi