“- Michael Shayne: She can't do that to me!
- Ethel: You can't blame her none, Mike. After all, she was caught between a stiff breeze and plenty of wind.
- Michael Shayne: Talk English!
- Ethel: You gave her a stiff breeze, and he gave her plenty of wind.”

Lloyd Nolan - Michael Shayne
Marie Blake - Ethel

“If I don't look after the interests of the underprivileged, maybe somebody else will, maybe somebody without any money or property... and that would be too bad!”
Orson Welles - Kane

“- Ma Stone: A man like Daniel Webster: guess they pay him high for what he does, but he's worth it. And he helps others... makes all the difference.
- Jabez Stone: But suppose a man got his money in bad ways?
- Ma Stone: Wouldn't profit him none.”

Jane Darwell - Ma Stone
James Craig - Jabez Stone

“I'm not an innovator like you, Phil. I'm an adapter, and to that end, I have profited from your ideas.”

Christopher McDonald - Wilson Croft

“I have over 25,000 signatures on that petition. That's the population of Allenville. If your company closes the Allenville plant, those people will lose their jobs and their homes, all because your company can get a little more profit by moving the plant to some poor country where the labor is 10 cents an hour and you guys own the government.”

Lori-Nan Engler - Rachael Helmes