“My father, gentlemen, claims that the government has neither wisdom nor humanity. I will then consider it my duty as my father's son to bring both wisdom and humanity to the United states' Congress. I thank you for your blessing, father.”
Aidan Quinn - Alfred Ludlow

“I have seen the collapse of government after government, and they all think they can last a thousand years. Each new one always declares the last one criminal and corrupt, and always promises a future of justice and freedom.”
Rosemary Harris - Valerie Sors

“Let me tell you how this city is run, you stupid mick. We serve the rich, and in return they raise us above the primordial filth. And God help us if we don’t keep our end of the bargain.”
Ted Levine - Chief Thomas Byrnes

“- Bill McCabe: Who wants the fucking government that's got to obey the law.
- Dennis McCabe: A lot of people do.
- Bill McCabe: Yeah, well that's why a lot of people aren't running this country.”
Robert John Burke - Bill McCabe
Bill Sage - Dennis McCabe

“- Bill McCabe: Look Dennis, the difference between dad and me is that I just fuck with the law; he fucked with the government.
- Dennis McCabe: The law and the government are the same thing.
- Bill McCabe: No, it isn't. Government doesn't have to obey the law.”
Robert John Burke - Bill McCabe
Bill Sage - Dennis McCabe