- Rachel - Slave Maid: Freedom isn't a thing you should be able to give me, Miss Ginny. Freedom is something I should have been born with.
- Rachel - Slave Maid: I'm afraid for him.
- John Kennedy: You should be. Anyone who fires at Lincoln tomorrow won't last five minutes.
- Rachel - Slave Maid: Promise me you won't hurt Mr. Lance.
- John Kennedy: I can't promise that. Look, Rachel, I'm no Republican or abolitionist, but I guided Mr. Lincoln while he was campaigning in New York. I helped him open a window. He held a door for me. I found a parcel for him, some nightshirts packed from the laundry. I was only with him 48 hours, but when he left he shook my hand, thanked me, and wished me well. I was never so taken with a human man.
- John K. Gannon - Flyer Express Engineer: How many people are running this train?
- Homer Crowley - Train Conductor: It's not how many people are running it, Mr. Gannon. It's how many people are stopping it.
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