“- Derek Vinyard: This country is becoming a haven for criminals so what do you expect? You know, decent hard-working Americans like my dad are getting rubbed out by social parasites.
- Reporter: Parasites?
- Derek Vinyard: Blacks, Browns, Yellow whatever.”
Edward Norton - Derek Vinyard
Steve Wolford - Reporter

“- Sae Jin Kwon: Alexander Grady... Portland, Oregon... I know all about you.
- Alex Grady: Sae Jin Kwon... Seoul, Korea... I know all I ever wanna know about you.”
James Lew - Sae Jin Kwon
Eric Roberts - Alex Grady

“The frontier moves with the sun and pushes the Red Man of these wilderness forests in front of it until one day there will be nowhere left. Then our race will be no more, or be not us.”
Russell Means - Chingachgook

“It's about being born black in America. Can any of you imagine what it's like to be a black man in this world? Can any of you white women imagine what it would be like to bring a black baby into this world?”

Colin Salmon - Hakim Jamal

“- Student: In this country you're nothin'. It doesn't matter how many schools you teach in... you and me, we walk down the street and all people are gonna see is black skin.
- Mark Thackeray: What do you want them to see?
- Student: Me.”
Sir Sidney Poitier - Mark Thackeray