- Andy Taylor: Because whether a man is guilty or innocent, we have to find that out by due process of law.
- Arnold Bailey: [to Opie] Sure do it the hard way, don't they.
- Andy Taylor: If the person who did rob the bank in Raleigh should confess, I'm sure he'd get a lighter sentence.
- Eddie Blake: You know, Sheriff, a little violin music would have gone good with that.
- Goober Pyle: Did you have pleasant dreams?
- Eddie Blake: Yeah, I dreamt I pushed you off a cliff.
- Goober Pyle: You see, Andy, he even dreams mean.