Herman: To me, Alvin is a hero.
Lionel: And to me, a tragedy.

A Jew supporting an immoral cause, on the wrong side of American history.

Herman [to Bengelsdorf]

[Canada] is another place, another country. It's not my country.

Herman [to Bess]

Alvin, I've known you since you were born. You're a fighter.

Herman [to Alvin]

Nurse: Do you need me to empty the [bed] pan?
Alvin: Kill me first.

Evelyn: Maybe [Alvin's] unable to write.
Herman: It's a leg, Ev. Whatever he has to say, I'll hear it soon enough.

Philip: Dad, what is Alvin going to do?
Herman: What will he do? He'll find his way, kiddo.

That son of a bitch isn't just in bed with Hitler. Charlie Lindbergh wants to be a little Hitler himself.

Herman

This is not the time to buy, Herman.

Bess [to Herman]

Herman: I think that man [Bengelsdorf] would sell every last Israelite back to Pharoah.
Evelyn: You're just afraid that Sandy might escape ending up as narrow-minded and frightened as you.

Evelyn: It's like riding a bicycle.
Lionel: I don't know how to ride a bicycle.

For you, my little socialist, the bourgeois Jew peddlers will do what needs to be done.

Monty [to Herman]