- Jeff Williams: [Lecturing in his poetry class] What a man is or does in private becomes a part of his public image. Good or bad, it's on the record. And whether that's good or bad, I leave you to think about.
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: [Stone looks at the book Keller presented him as a gift] Poems? Poetry?
- Inspector Steve Keller: It's Ezra Pound. Remember Williams talking about him at the school?
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: Yeah, I remember. He talked to his class about him, yeah.
- Inspector Steve Keller: That's right. That's for you.
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: [Reading a random page] Oh, now wait a minute. I can't read this.
- Inspector Steve Keller: Why not?
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: Listen: "Raineth drop and staineth slop." Oh, come on now.
- Inspector Steve Keller: Wait a minute, what?
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: Yeah. "Raineth drop and staineth slop. Skiddeth bus and sloppeth us." Now come on. Isn't poetry supposed to be clear and to the point?
- Inspector Steve Keller: That's right.
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: Well, I've got something clear and to the point for you, young fella.
- Inspector Steve Keller: [Watching as Stone pulls a card from his pocket] What is this?
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: Sit quietly. "You have a right to remain silent." Is that clear?
- Inspector Steve Keller: That's clear.
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: "Anything you say will be used against you in a court of law." Is that to the point?
- Inspector Steve Keller: That's to the point.
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: All right, then get going!
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: I don't want the coroner to give me that bullet. I want it from him right now, so come along, we're going to the hospital.
- Jeff Williams: I don't think so, Lieutenant. You don't have that authority. You're a policeman; I shouldn't have to tell you the law.
- Inspector Steve Keller: The law?
- Jeff Williams: Mm-hmm. I did some checking, and it seems among the other personal guarantees in this country is the guarantee that our bodies are inviolate. Not even the Supreme Court can force a man to submit to a surgical operation. That's the law, gentlemen. And I'm sure that, as officers sworn to uphold it, you won't do anything to make me break it.