“He defrauded the American government of $56 million while we were at war, when we could least afford it. While brave men were dying on the beaches of Normandy, Mr. Hughes was picking the pocket of the American taxpayer.”

Alan Alda - Senator Ralph Owen Brewster

“- Prosecutor: War would mean a prohibitive increase in our taxes.
- Chicolini: Hey, I got an uncle lives in Taxes.
- Prosecutor: No, I'm talking about taxes - money, dollars!
- Chicolini: Dollars! There's-a where my uncle lives! Dollars, Taxes!”
Charles Middleton - Prosecutor
Chico Marx - Chicolini

Americans, all you care about is your own damn pilots! What happens when the fighting starts again? Will America recommit its forces to stop a major war? No, you don't have any control over that little detail, do you? You might have helped save your man today, Reigart, and I emphasize "might", but you risk the lives of thousands tomorrow.
Joaquim de Almeida - Piquet

“Bush told the people to rise up against Saddam. They thought they'd have our support. They don't. Now they're getting slaughtered.”
George Clooney - Archie Gates

If it wasn't for us, you'd all be speaking German! Singing "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles".

Kevin Kline - Otto