- Father Samuel Cavanaugh: I take it you're not a church goer?
- Vincent Wiertel: No, not in a formal sense. I don't regard myself as having left the church but rather the reverse.
- Father Samuel Cavanaugh: Yes, many say that. And believe it.
- Vincent Wiertel: Aren't we smug this afternoon?
- Father Samuel Cavanaugh: Yes, I suppose we are. I'm sorry. Chalk it up to fatigue.
- Vincent Wiertel: The time has come to drive the money-changers from the temple. This time they're in priestly robes, but they are money-changers all the same.
- Harrison Davis: You make me sick. Anybody who has no concern for the clergy ought to be in Russia.
- [rips the crucifix off his neck]
- Vincent Wiertel: You're a fool. Don't you know the difference between anti-clericalism and atheism? I love the church. And when the thing you love is made unclean, what must you do?