- Paladin: [First lines] No matter how noble your cause, Gavin, I can't let you condemn a boy to death. So we'll wait until one of us makes a false move.
- Paladin: [to his blonde French lady friend] You can believe there's a will, and I already know there's a way.
- Gavin O'Shea: Now, why would the Irish invade Canada when it's with England that we're having the quarrel?
- Paladin: As you considered that a direct blow to British power you expect help from the United States and from Canada and O'Shea, it won't happen that way.
- Gavin O'Shea: In the life of every man, Michael, comes a supreme moment when his soul stands stripped naked, and with a single gesture he is revealed to himself.
- Paladin: I suppose it comes to all men sooner or later, Michael. He just wants to see his dreams realised during his own lifetime.