- Ebbing: It's a great pity, Mr. Donahue, that you and I should oppose each other. We have so much in common.
- "Gloves" Donahue: Yeah? How's that?
- Ebbing: You are a man of action. You take what you want, and so do we. You have no respect for democracy - neither do we. It's clear we should be allies.
Conrad Veidt - Ebbing
Humphrey Bogart - "Gloves" Donahue

“- Christy: Good or bad, you're still a person... or whatever you are.
- Dark Heart: If you knew what was good for you, you would have left me.
- Christy: That's what you would have done. Maybe that's the only difference between us.”
Cree Summer - Christy
Hadley Kay - Dark Heart

“- Barbara Bush: The fact is you can't win.
- George W. Bush: Why do you say that?
- Barbara Bush: Because you're too much like me. You're loud, and you've got a short fuse. Now, Jeb is like your father. He thinks before he speaks.”
Ellen Burstyn - Barbara Bush
Josh Brolin - George W. Bush

“Maybe you're right. As you pointed out, there are certain similarities between the two crimes, but you missed perhaps the most important: both murders were discovered by the same man - you!”

Charles Waldron - District Attorney

“You're just like me, Kay. You want what you can't have.”

Lloyd Nolan - Del Davis