“- Sanchez: You are too ambitious.
- Columbus: And were you never ambitious? Or is ambition only a virtue among nobles and a fault for the rest of us?”
Armand Assante - Sanchez
Gérard Depardieu - Columbus

“I don't think race or country matters a damn. What matters, Colonel, is justice. Which is why I'm here. I'll be treated as I deserve, not as my father deserved. I'm Kilrain and I damn all gentlemen. There is only one aristocracy, and that is right here [points to his head]. And that's why we've got to win this war.”

Kevin Conway - Sgt. "Buster" Kilrain

“- Count Von Rittenberg: Captain Hayes!
- Captain Bully Hayes: Admiral!
- Count Von Rittenberg: Count!
- Captain Bully Hayes: Whatever!”

Grant Tilly - Count Von Rittenberg
Tommy Lee Jones - Captain Bully Hayes

“- Johnny Dio: How do you like your steak?
- Paul Cicero: Medium rare.
- Johnny Dio: Huh. An aristocrat.”
Frank Pellegrino - Johnny Dio
Paul Sorvino - Paul Cicero

“I'm a genuine countess with a lot of dough, and if that's your wife she's a tub of guts.”
Zoe Caldwell - The Countess