- Armando Ferrer: Of course, in order to understand any of this, you must first understand Mastegui. His life, dedicated only to one end: the pursuit and destruction of criminals. I have no personal fondness for him, but...
- Ned Sherwood: Well, that's one thing we share in common: we both despise Mastegui.
- Armando Ferrer: Ahhh, but you are wrong, Senor. I do not despise him. I respect him. He is the only completely incorruptible man I have ever met. He trusts no one, he suspects everyone. He suspects *me.*
- Ned Sherwood: That's a suspicious cop.
- Armando Ferrer: After a lifetime of difficult honesty, I do not wish to be the man who has permitted 3 million counterfeit pesos to be foisted on the public.
- Colonel Mastegui: A man is not a man until he's caught at least one bullet.
- Ned Sherwood: Catch it in the right place and a man isn't a man... period.
- Ned Sherwood: One more thing, I'm a quiet man, lead a quiet life, got a quiet job. And you can put this down for the record too, buster: I don't go pushing people around and I don't like getting pushed around. And I've given up the business of hating people a long time ago. But in your case, I'll make an exception. I know your type; those fish-eyes, a bunch of muscles with a badge. From now on, brother, I wouldn't even tell you what city we're in.
- Colonel Mastegui: Maybe you can deal, dealer But you don't like 'em dealt to you.
- Ned Sherwood: Not when I don't know the game.
- U.S. Treasury Agent Griswold: Tell me this, just how and where did you expect to push that size boodle?
- 'Fina' Ferrer: [raising her glass] Will I be able to finish this one? We left the other four places so suddenly.
- Ned Sherwood: When I go, I go. The story of my life.
- 'Fina' Ferrer: I think I would be afraid to hear the story of your life.
- Ned Sherwood: You're dead right!
- Miguel Collada: I forgot the lesson of a lifetime: when you want something done right... do it yourself.
- Armando Ferrer: Senor Sherwood, in the evening, I enjoy a little brandy with my cigar. I hope you will join me. It is a Spanish brandy. Naturally, those accustomed to the French brandies *might* find it a bit robust, but, uh, if one can acquire a taste for it.
- Ned Sherwood: [to Senor Ferrer] So, the President of Cuba calls you his "dear friend." Mastegui calls me a crook, a thief, a counterfeiter. With your connections and my reputation, I think we oughta' go into business.
- Ned Sherwood: People get the kind of government they deserve! Right now, I'm fighting for a party of one: me!