“To know them is to eliminate them. Consequently, the purely military aspect of the problem is secondary. More important is the policing aspect. I know you dislike that word. But it's the only one that describes the work at hand.”
Jean Martin - Col. Mathieu

“I'm not the enemy. Maybe the enemy is the fucking war. But, you don't want to kill anybody here. You have enough ghosts to carry around.”

Jon Voight - Luke Martin

“In the next war there's gonna be three guys missing - me and the two guys that are chasing me.”
Frank McHugh - "Crepe Hanger" Burke

“- Arnold Rothstein: When war comes, the winner will be the one who gets his enemy to trust him.
- Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano: How do I do that?
- Arnold Rothstein: You save his life.”
F. Murray Abraham - Arnold Rothstein
Christian Slater - Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano

“The smart enemy attacks you exactly where you think you are safe.”
Colm Feore - Adm. Husband E. Kimmel