- Doubleday: I cannot help noticing Sir, during the time I've spent with you, that you've betrayed every principle you've had, and all the men who supported you. May I ask why?
- William Walker: No you may not.
- Doubleday: What exactly are your aims?
- William Walker: The ends justify the means.
- Doubleday: What are the ends?
- William Walker: I can't remember.
- William Walker: You all might think that there will be a day when America will leave Nicaragua alone, but I am here to tell you, flat out, that that day will never happen because it is our destiny to be here, it is our destiny to control you people. So no matter how much you fight, no matter what you think, we'll be back, time and time again. By the bones of our American dead in Revis and Granada I swear that we will never abandon the cause of Nicaragua.