- Superman: And there will be peace. There will be peace when the people of the world, want it so badly, that their governments will have no choice but to give it to them. I just wish you could all see the Earth the way that I see it. Because when you really look at it, it's just one world.
- Superman: Madam Chairman, I don't represent any one particular country, but I'd like to address the delegates.
- U.N. Secretary General: Well... in that case, you will need a sponsor.
- [all delegates raise their hands]
- U.N. Secretary General: I believe that will do. Please.
- [last lines]
- Lex Luthor: [Superman has dropped Luthor off at prison and they are discussing nuclear weapons] Is the world gonna be vaporized?
- Superman: No. It's the same as it's always been, Luthor. On the brink. With good fighting evil. See you in twenty.
- [Superman flies off]
- Superman: You'd risk world wide nuclear war for your own personal financial gain.
- Lex Luthor: Nobody wants war. I just want to keep the threat alive.
- Lois Lane: I'd want to tell him that I cherished the time we spent together, and I never expected anything from him. Even if I only saw him for a few moments, it made me happy. And I'd want to tell him that I love him and that I'll always love him. And... no matter what happens on this world, I know he tried his best to help us.
- Superman: I know I'm forbidden to interfere... and yet the Earth is threatened by the same fate as Krypton's.
- 1st Elder: The Earth is too primitive. You can flee to new worlds, where war is long forgotten.
- 2nd Elder: If you teach the Earth to put its fate in any one man, even yourself, you're teaching them to be betrayed.
- 1st Elder: Betrayed! Betrayed! Betrayed! Betrayed!
- [Superman and Nuclear Man confront each other in downtown Metropolis]
- Nuclear Man: Where is the woman?
- Superman: Give it up, you'll never find her.
- Nuclear Man: If you will not tell me, I will hurt people!
- [Nuclear Man begins to cause mass destruction]
- Superman: Stop! Don't do it, the people!
- Lenny: You gonna skip the country, Uncle Lex?
- Lex Luthor: Lenny, you pathetic product of the public school system, your Uncle Lex has had nothing on his mind the past few years except for one thing:
- Lenny, Lex Luthor: Destroy Superman!
- [first lines]
- Cosmonaut Captain: [in Russian] You can sing later comrade Sinatra.
- Cosmonaut: [in Russian] Back at home they told me to sing in space.
- Lex Luthor: [introduces Nuclear Man to Superman] Look closely at the cell structure. You see anything familiar?
- Superman: You've broken all the laws of man, Luthor. Now it looks as though you've broken all the laws of nature, too. I can only assume you must have hidden a device of some kind on one of the missiles I hurled into the sun.
- Lex Luthor: You know, Mr. Muscle, I'm really gonna miss these little chats we had together. You're the only one that could keep up with me.
- Lex Luthor: You know what I can do with a single strand of Superman's hair?
- Lenny: You can make a toupee that flies.
- Lex Luthor: Just remember, I made you.
- Lenny: Yeah, you're just an experiment, freako!
- [Nuclear Man raises his hand and lifts Lenny up into the air]
- Nuclear Man: [Makes Lenny spin around] I am an experiment? I am a freako?
- [Sets Lenny down]
- Lex Luthor: I made you and I can destroy you.
- Nuclear Man: Destroy. Destroy Superman now!
- Nuclear Man: Destroy Superman.
- Lex Luthor: Later.
- Lex Luthor: [to Superman] He's a little bit anxious. Can you blame him?
- Lenny: [When Nuclear man levitates Lenny and sets him spinning] Hey I was just kidding about the Freako before, if anyone's a freako around here, it's gotta be me.
- Lacy Warfield: You can't park here! You'll get towed! Lois, do you have any idea how much a ticket's gonna cost here?
- Lois Lane: Lacy, it's only money!
- Lex Luthor: [to Lenny] Now Leonard, your Uncle Lex, with this protoplasm that I've grown from Superman's hair cells... will duplicate creation itself!
- David Warfield: I said I'd get you to run one of our papers yourself... and I meant it.
- [Shows the office door of "Lacy Warfield, Publisher"]
- David Warfield: Congratulations, Miss Publisher.
- Lacy Warfield: Thank you, daddy, that was very nice.
- David Warfield: Step into your office.
- Lacy Warfield: Where'd this come from?
- David Warfield: Oh, that somebody brought it in. We bought it cheap.
- [Lois has arrived and she is confronting Mr. Warfield and Lacy]
- Lois Lane: Okay... This time you have both gone too far. You can print this stupid rag without Lois Lane.
- [Lois slams the newspaper at Mr. Warfield. But turn back is the red cape of Superman hold by Lacy]
- Lois Lane: And you certainly have no right to this.
- [Lois storms out of the office and leaves]
- Lacy Warfield: Lois, I'm sorry.
- David Warfield: Oh, let her go, darling. I mean she's useless. And while you're at it, fire that Clark Kent. He hasn't been around. He hasn't even telephoned.
- Lacy Warfield: I know, I'm worried about him.
- David Warfield: Oh, kitten... didn't we have our little talk about personal involvement with the help? Now that you're the publisher...
- Lacy Warfield: Daddy.
- David Warfield: Yes, darling.
- Lacy Warfield: Stuff it!
- Lara: Listen Carefully... My Son, By Now, Kal-El, You Are Entering The Atmosphere of The Planet known as Earth. I Pray You Have Made a Safe Journey. The Yellow Sun of Your NEW Home will Give You Great Physical Powers, but It Cannot Sonsole Your Spirit. Placed Aboard This Vessel is An Energy Module, All That Remains of A Once-Powerful Civilization-- Krypton, Your Mother Planet. It Is My Last Gift to You. Once Removed, The Ship Will Grow Cold and Silent and You Will Be Finally Alone. The Power in The Module Can Be Used but Once. Use It Wisely, My Son.
- Lex Luthor: A hearty bienvenue to Jean-Pierre Dubois, nuclear warhead dealer to the world. His motto is: "If you didn't buy it from Jean-Pierre, you didn't buy it on ze black market."
- [Lois was tying the knot of Superman's cape. And Lacy is pleading for an apology]
- Lacy Warfield: Lois. Lois, I'm sorry. I promise you I had nothing to do with that.
- [Lois glared at Lacy. And she's resigning]
- Lacy Warfield: Have you heard from Clark?
- Lois Lane: No.
- [Lois is walking away]
- Lacy Warfield: I think we've got to tone down these headlines a bit.
- David Warfield: Tone down our headlines? Lacy, that's all the common man reads.
- Lacy Warfield: Well, we could do with a little less sensationalism.
- David Warfield: Less sensational papers go broke. I thought I taught you long ago that the business of newspapers is business.
- Lacy Warfield: No, daddy, our business is journalism. We can't continue to be so irresponsible. Otherwise, we're going to lead everyone into a disaster.
- David Warfield: Oh, don't be overdramatic, young lady. What kind of disaster could we possibly help bring about?
- [a couple of janitors are removing the "Warfield Publications" sign from the Daily Planet marbled mural, as Perry White takes back ownership of the newspaper; the entire staff in the lobby applauds as Lois Lane, alongside Jimmy Olsen, kisses White on the cheek]
- Lois Lane: Are you sure you know what you're doing, Mr. White?
- Perry White: Well...
- Lois Lane: Uh... ahem, here comes Mr. Warfield
- Jimmy Olsen: Uh-oh.
- David Warfield: [turns angry] You better have a good explanation, White, or else you'll be talking to your lawyers from jail!
- Perry White: You know, I'm not a tycoon. I'm just an old reporter, but I've read enough in my own newspaper over the years about hostile takeovers of big companies, and you, Mr. Warfield, must have been asleep at the wheel, because I've managed to convince the bankers of this city that our Daily Planet should be treated like a natural resource, protected from predators. So I convinced them to loan me the money. I bought up all the outstanding shares, and you, Mr. Warfield, are now a minority shareholder.
- [the staff applauds as Warfield is in disbelief]
- Perry White: All right, everyone. Back to work!
- Jimmy Olsen: Way to tell 'em, Chief!
- Lois Lane: [laughs] Yay!
- [to Warfield]
- Lois Lane: Well, I'm sorry. You win some and you lose some.
- Jimmy Olsen: [hands Warfield a stack of the newly reborn Daily Planet newspapers with the top headline, "We're Back!"] Now, this is what I call a newspaper. Complements of the Daily Planet.
- Lois Lane: Have a nice day!