I have what my family fought for. You want to fight me for it, too?[Banner Creighton: You have the land, you have the lease, you have everything.]
Greed will be the thing that kills us all.
Government is man’s way of trying to control our behavior. But it can’t be controlled, it’s what we are. Sooner or later, the kind of people who would enrich themselves at your expense, will use the government to do it. [to Jack]
Dying is the most alive you’ll ever feel.[to Alexandra]
“Man will always seek to take from others that which he could make for himself.” Those are the words that have governed this family. Or perhaps, it is our refusal to surrender that governs us.