(..) It used to be that the kind of patients we deal with here were shackled and left in their own filth. They were beaten. As if whipping them bloody would drive the psychosis out. We drove screws into their brains. We submerged them in icy water until they lost consciousness. Or even drown. - And now? (..)

(..) You've injured orderlies. Guards. Other patients. Two weeks ago you attacked George Noyce. No, no! I am fucking on to you doctor! - You had Noyce beaten. - Of course I didn't. Give me one reason why I would even touch him. Because he called you Laeddis and you do anything not to be him. (..)

(..) massive troop movements... ...in Russia, Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula. What are your orders, sir? I swear to you all, I swear... ...that we are not beaten yet. We are not! No. General... ...how soon can you execute an air strike on the White House? (..)