"Now what will Drummond do? He'll try to make us forget the lawbreaker and put the law on trial."

"I heard about him. He got those two Chicago murderers off just the other day."

"That was the name of my first longshot. Golden Dancer. She was in the big side window of the general store in Wakeman Ohio"..."The wood was rotten, the whole thing was put together with spit and sealing wax! All shine, no substance! Bert, whenever you see something bright, shining, and perfect-seeming--all gold, with purple spots--look behind the paint! And if it's a lie, show up for what it really is!"

"And I object to all this damned 'Colonel' talk"..."The use of this title prejudices the case of my client: it calls up a picture of the prosecution, astride a white horse, ablaze in the uniform of a militia colonel, with all the forces of right and righteousness marshaled behind him."

"How quickly they can turn. And how painful it can be when you don't expect it."

"Well, what do you know! Henry Drummond for defense. Even of his enemies!