“Look, you've got to treat this like any other police situation. You walk into it showing fear, you're dead. And those kids know you're scared.”

Pamela Reed - Phoebe

“Takes nerve to bring up a boy when a woman's alone.”
Sam Elliott - Conn Conagher

“Children have fought wars, have built nations. They are strong and have courage, don't treat them any less than that because they're young.”
Will Sampson - Taylor

“My mama used to say that America's the big melting pot. You bring it to a boil and all the scum rises to the top.”
Billie Neal - Bobbie

- Nathaniel Williamson: I was very quick to judge you.
- Captain Bully Hayes: Aw, what do they say, son? Don't judge unle... no, let's see, judge not, judge not, judge ye not...
- Nathaniel Williamson: "Judge not lest ye be judged". Matthew 7, verse 1.
Michael O'Keefe - Nathaniel Williamson
Tommy Lee Jones - Captain Bully Hayes