- Mike Conway: [Conway's explanation when a patrol searches his cargo and finds sewing machines instead of contraband rifles] "When times are tough, I whip up a few turbans for the A-Rabs."
- Mohomet Adani: I pray that Allah has given you wisdom. And that you've had a change of heart.
- Emir Bhaki aka The Lion of the Desert: Allah has given me wisdom. The hour to strike is near. Your voice in the great mosque will be the signal.
- Mohomet Adani: My voice is the voice of peace. It will not call for war.
- Emir Bhaki aka The Lion of the Desert: My ancestors were kings in the Sudan, you will not stand between me and my heritage. I promised you to uphold the laws of Allah. What further price do you demand for your cooperation?
- Mohomet Adani: Peace and justice. These, my people are earning. There is no more slavery in the Sudan. The village council govern themselves without interference. This, the French have done. And much else. They brought doctors, teachers. The Sudan is not theirs and never will be. Some day, as they come, so must they go. When my people are ready to take their place in the world, then I will preach independence. But you would drag them back into the black night of ignorance and slavery, and pagan cruelty. You will not succeed. You will not rob my people of their heritage.
- Emir Bhaki aka The Lion of the Desert: [he kills one of the attendants and addresses the other] Tomorrow, it'll be your turn, unless you can persuade your Master to help me free Islam from the infidel.