“- Susan: This is hard to say, but I've been thinking a lot about it... and we can't have a relationship.
- John Moss: Sure we can, 'cause I can change. I'll try harder.
- Susan: It's not that. It's not you. You're fine. It's what you do. It's... it's all the violence.”

Annabella Sciorra - Susan
James Woods - John Moss

“- Paul Kersey: Do you always violate peoples constitutional rights?
- Richard Shriker: Well, this is my jail, Kersey, and I'm the law! That means I get to violate your constitutional rights!”
Charles Bronson - Paul Kersey
Ed Lauter - Richard Shriker

“- Stephen Simmons: Lidia hit him in the face with a rock? I think I'm gonna have to have a talk with that girl. Is she doing anything else I should know about?
- Stu Simmons: Well yeah. She's doing a lot of things. But I don't think you should know about them.”
Kevin Costner - Stephen Simmons
Elijah Wood - Stu Simmons

“- Lady Margaret Carstairs: I shall report you both to Scotland Yard.
- Inspector Lestrade: ...But I am Scotland Yard.”
Mary Forbes - Lady Margaret Carstairs
Dennis Hoey - Inspector Lestrade

“- Prof. William Kilbane: You come pounding on this door again and I'll have the law on you.
- Inspector Lestrade: I am the law.
- Prof. William Kilbane: Then stop barging in and out of my room like a chambermaid.”
Frederick Worlock - Prof. William Kilbane
Dennis Hoey - Inspector Lestrade