- Von Gelb: I want revenge. Before either of you two were born I saw my fatherland shattered by a hail of bombs, crushed by invading armies, our cities turned into infernos by your terror raids.
- Bill Cowan: *You* began it.
- Von Gelb: You're quite right. Unfortunately we failed, through a number of regrettable blunders, to finish it successfully. I do not regard this decision as final. I intend to reverse the verdict of the last war.
- Bill Cowan: You're mad.
- Von Gelb: I thought you would say that. You would say next that I won't get away with it.