“- 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

- Jerilee Randall: "Sensitive and perceptive stories which vividly demonstrate the inadequacy of liberal values in the face of evil". What does that mean, Walter?
- Walter Thornton: It means your stories vividly demonstrate the inadequacy of liberal values in the face of evil!

Pia Zadora - Jerilee Randall
Lloyd Bochner - Walter Thornton

“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

“I spend so much time thinking about all the answers to the problem... That I forget what the problem actually was.”
Kirsten Dunst - Claire Colburn