- Martin Eden: Your Honor, I've been handed this same magoo for thirteen days. You let Captain Butch Raglan come in here and tell a pack of lies that is fiction; he goes back to sea like a hero. I got the truth here. Why don't you make Old Man Morley come down here and listen to what goes on aboard his stinking death wagons? Why are you all so afraid of the truth?
- The judge: One more word, young man and I'll have to hold you in contempt of court.
- Martin Eden: Alright, Your Honor. You're the skipper here. But I'll make you listen someday. I'll make the whole world listen before I get through.