Jack Van Meter:"Get the hell down from there. While you're grandstanding here the city is starting to burn. Jimmy, for Chrissakes!"
Eldon Perry:"If the city is starting to burn, Jack, it's partly because of guys like you and me. ⋯and I may be a goddamm alcoholic, but that doesn't mean I can't tell the truth - and I've got all the deep deep dirt right here. Somebody put the cuffs on me. Let me start talking!"