"I don't get men like you, you're dangerous men. You start wars and then let other people fight them for you. You come in and say 'do this, do that, think like this, become this kind of person', you put a sign in somebody's hand and say 'follow me, I have all the answers', but all you do is get people killed!"

"You can't reform the system if you're not in it"

"The most wanted man in Wakefield prison is the warden!"

"Oh, it's just that bag is full of really fragile... boots."

"Tony Goldwyn - Captain Kevin"

"Bill Farmer - Captain Thomas"

"Clifton James - Mayor Hollis Pogue"

"Tony Frank - Fenton (final film role)"

"Míriam Colón - Mercedes Cruz"

"Ron Canada - Otis Payne"

"Jesse Borrego - Danny"

"Tony Plana - Ray"

"Frances McDormand - Bunny"

"It's not like there's a line between the good people and the bad people. It is not like you're one or the other."

"Hell, at my age, you learn a new name you gotta forget an old one."

"All that other stuff, all that history? To hell with it, right? Forget the Alamo."

"Chris Cooper as Sheriff Sam Deeds"

"You oughta put up a banner: "Frontera, Texas: gateway to inexpensive pussy.""

"No telling yet if there's been a crime, but this country's seen a fair amount of disagreements over the years."

"Matthew McConaughey - Buddy Deeds"

"All my mother does is work. That's how you get to be Spanish."

"Kris Kristofferson - Sheriff Charlie Wade"

"Elizabeth Peña - Pilar Cruz"

"Stephen Mendillo - Sgt. Cliff"

"Joe Morton - Colonel Delmore Payne"

"Edward Pawley - Edwards, guard"

"Adrian Morris - Blackie"