“There's no such thing as a liberal. A liberal is a commie with a college education thinking negro thoughts.”
Bill Smitrovich - Mr. Zimburger

- David Gale: You don't subscribe to the idea that "a good state is the one that protects its most despised members"?
- Governor Hardin: It's a nice liberal idea. But, like most nice liberal ideas, naive.
Kevin Spacey - David Gale
Michael Crabtree - Governor Hardin

“- Daniel: Telephones. What does he do exactly?
- Lauren: Exactly? He's the head of ICT. In Europe.
- Daniel: So. You're a capitalist.
- Lauren: My father's a capitalist. My own politics are more... radical than my parents'.
- Daniel: It's easy to be liberal when you're rich. I've seen it in films.”

Thelonious Bernard - Daniel
Diane Lane - Lauren

“You know what your problem is? You're a liberal.”
Michael Rapaport - Ronnie Gannon

- Mark: What makes people evil?
- Alice: "Evil" is a word people use when they've given up trying to understand someone. There's a reason for everything if we could just find it.
Elijah Wood - Mark
Jacqueline Brookes - Alice