The Devil's Own

[Looking at a dilapidated boat] Here it is: the Irish Republican Navy.

Don't look for a happy ending. It's not an American story. It's an Irish one.

They say the word peace, but at the end of the day, all they want is surrender.

All the same, Mr. Fitzsimmoms, if you're not confused, you don't know what's goin' on.

You're a stupid man, Mr. Burke. You only see me standing between you and your money. You're forgetting about the thousand men standing behind me. That's a mistake.

I understand why he's doin' what he's doin'. If I had to endure what he's endured—if I was eight years old and saw my father gunned down in front of my family—I'd be carryin' a gun too, and I wouldn't be wearin' a badge.

[last lines] We never had choice... You and me.

It's good to have somebody around here who can pee standing up.