- Big Bill Anderson: ...politician has one weak spot. Load your gun with votes and shoot him through the ballot box. You leave things to me. When I get through with this half-baked hamlet, it'll be a live city.
- John Carter: Why don't they print why we've failed? Why don't they put the blame where it belongs? They can't expect us to fight crime with the kind of laws we have - its like fighting tigers with bean-shooters. You'd think criminals made these laws to protect themselves!
- Dexter Wayne: John, when these laws were made they fitted the occasion. They draped justice in shining armour and gave her a sharp sword to defend the oppressed against the abuse of power.
- John Carter: You'd think criminals made these laws to protect themselves.
- Dexter Wayne: John, when these laws were made, they fit the occasion. They drape justice in shining armor and gave her a sharp sword to defend the oppressed and innocent against the abuse of power. Trouble is, time has changed and criminals have changed. The sword is pretty weak against modern weapons.