“Listen, Epps, these niggers are human beings. If they are allowed to climb no higher than brute animals, you and men like you will have to answer for it.”
Brad Pitt - Bass

“- James West: I thought I'd go as a government agent who's going to shoot and kill General Bloodbath McGrath.
- Artemus Gordon: An armed Negro cowboy costume in a room full of white, Southern, former slave-owners. You'll win first prize.”

Will Smith - James West
Kevin Kline - Artemus Gordon

“- Artemus Gordon: Gypsy, queen... pirate... How about this? You can come as my manservant.
- James West: Master Gordon, I swear, I'd be delghted! I sing, I dance for you sir and I swear none of the other white folks will know. I'd rather shoot myself than play your damn manservant.”

Kevin Kline - Artemus Gordon
Will Smith - James West

“Oppressor got us for house pet; do him tricks to get reward. Oppressor need a slave; him find it here. Oppressor need a harlot; him find it here. Oppressor don't needhere at all; him wipe it away from the map.”
Sidney Sheriff Jr. - Virgil

“Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. The shame doesn't even belong to us, but we still experience it because we're a part of the African race. If it happened to one, it happened to all. We carry that burden.”
Lupita Nyong'o