"What is the law? It's a gun pointed at somebody's head. All depends upon which end of the gun you stand, whether the …"

"I don't approve of, but I like people who think in terms of ideal conditions. They're the dreamers, poets, tragic fig…"

"Listen, I can't hang around here even if I wanted to. Lightcap's ordered me out 50 times since last night. I'm here n…"

"This is your law and your finest possession - it makes you free men in a free country. Why have you come here to dest…"

"Look at me, a dream of twenty years come true. More happiness than any man deserves, that chair. But now there's some…"

"Miss Shelly, judging from the past 12 hours, how quiet do you think it could be in this house, with you in it?"

"Alright, Joseph, you conduct the law your way on random sentimentality and you will have violence and disorder."

"Nothing deranges a woman's mind more than marriage."

"He's the only honest man I've come across in this town in 20 years. Naturally, they want to hang him."

"Stop saying "Leopold" like that, tenderly. It sounds funny. You can't do it with a name like Leopold."