- John Dexter: Do you think I'm worried about these five-and-dime Valentinos down here? Behaving means getting plenty of sleep and three meals a day.
- Control Voice: The forces of nature will not submit to injustice. No man has the right nor will the checks and balances of the universe permit him to place his fellows under the harsh yoke of repression, nor may he again place the forces of nature under the triple yoke of vanity, greed and ambition. In the words of Shelley, "Here lies your tyrant who would rule the world immortal."
- [the drowned body of Gen. Juan Mercurio, face down in the mud, is retrieved]
- Lynn Arthur: You know, Dex, once, about five million years ago, I had the silly notion that I was in love with you, but it just isn't possible to love a beautiful machine that's self-sealing, non-flammable, impervious to wind or weather.