- Jason Kampacalas: [Pleading with his unforgiving father] Twenty-two million people in the State of California say the debt's been paid. Why can't you?
- Inspector Steve Keller: [after Stone releases Jason] I just hope Olsen doesn't call it a mistake.
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: You know what?
- Inspector Steve Keller: What?
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: If it was my first, I'd worry.
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: I say that all our talk about "rehabilitation" is a lot of bunk! We don't give 'em a fair shot and help them when they get out.
- Captain Rudy Olsen: Like that shot he gave you?
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: I shoulda known better.
- Captain Rudy Olsen: So you made a moral choice? You got a hide like an alligator and a heart like a marshmallow.