“- Brig. Gen. George Crook: A lot of White-Eyes want to see Geronimo hanged for murder.
- Geronimo: Not murder. War. Many bad things happen in war.”
Gene Hackman - Brig. Gen. George Crook
Wes Studi - Geronimo

“The murder rate used to be a thousand a year. Three a day, and that was high. Now it's five. Higher in the summer. Fourteen two Fridays ago. We get the death penalty six, seven times a day, only it's not for murderers, it's for ordinary citizens.”
Vyto Ruginis - Durkin

“- Nick: They're tough in Louisiana, Libby. You shoot me, they'll give you the gas chamber.
- Libby: No they won't. It's called double jeopardy. I learned a few things in prison, Nick. I could shoot you in the middle of Mardi Gras and they can't touch me.
- Travis: As an ex-law professor, I can assure you she is right.”
Bruce Greenwood - Nick
Ashley Judd - Libby
Tommy Lee Jones - Travis

“I ain't a-going to war. War's killing, and the Book's agin' killing! So war is agin' the Book!”
Gary Cooper - Alvin C. York

“- Judge Francis J. Quincannon: Don't forget the old proverb, Doctor. Never trust a man who doesn't drink.
- Detective William Henry Bloor: Sounds like the Bible. Great book.”
Barry Fitzgerald - Judge Francis J. Quincannon
Roland Young - Detective William Henry Bloor