- Judge Arthur Forbes: Ishmael, has it ever occurred to you that too much truth can sound just like a lie?
- Ishmael: I've often heard his Honour say the more a man appears guilty the more he deserves a fair trial.
- Judge Arthur Forbes: Am I right, Ishmael?
- Ishmael: Remember back to this morning, sir. Fire and smoke, people all thinking they'd starve. What woulld you have said if you were Mr Hale?
- Judge Arthur Forbes: I wouldn't have stooped to lying.
- Ishmael: Even if it meant saying you might as well give up and die, you have no hope?