Jack: They're going to be five minutes.
Jonathan: And here we are without a deck of cards. [pause] You know, I was down at Fort Benning when Colonel Samuels tried to recruit you? Yeah. He was real disappointed when you turned him down. He said you were a born killer.
[Jack says nothing]
Jonathan: Is that true?
[Jack says nothing, but blinks and turns downward]:

Jack: What is happening at eight o'clock?! I am not messing with you.
[He flips the table.]
Jack: You are going to tell me what is happening at eight o'clock!
[He shoots Sherek's leg.]
Jack: What is your primary objective?! What is your primary objective?!
Sherek: Secretary of Defense!
Jack: Secretary Heller? Secretary Heller's the target! Call Secret Service now!

Jack: You are Marshall Goren?
Marshall: Yeah.
Jack: Eight counts, kidnapping a minor. Two counts, child pornography. First-degree murder.
Marshall: Yeah, uh-huh. Hey, look: I already made my deal, and I don't need to hear this noise. All I've gotta do is testify against Wald, and I walk. [smirks]
[Jack regards Marshall for a moment, then draws his weapon and shoots him in the heart]
George: Oh, my God, Jack! What are you thinking?!
Jack: I need a helicopter and a backup team ready to leave here in fifteen minutes.
George: Are you out of your mind?
Jack: You want to find this bomb? This is what it's gonna take.
George: Killing a witness?
Jack: That's the problem with people like you, George. You want results, but you never want to get your hands dirty. I'd start rolling up your sleeves... I'm gonna need a hacksaw.

Jack: You can look the other way once, and it's no big deal, except it makes it easier for you to compromise the next time, and pretty soon that's all you're doing; compromising, because that's the way you think things are done. You know those guys I busted? You think they were the bad guys? Because they weren't, they weren't bad guys, they were just like you and me. Except they compromised... Once.

Jack: You probably don't think that I can force this towel down your throat. But trust me, I can. All the way. Except I'd hold onto this one little bit at the end. When your stomach starts to digest it, I pull it out. Taking your stomach lining with it. For most people it would take about a week to die. It's very painful.

Jack:Tony. I need detailed background on everyone on Senator Palmer's staff now.
Tony: Why?
Jack: Because I think this is about him and I want us to be prepared.
Tony: If it leaks out that we're screening Senator Palmer, people might think it's because he's black.
Jack: Well, it is because he's black. It makes him the most likely target.

James Heller: Spare me your sixth-grade Michael Moore logic!

James Heller: You're cursed, Jack. Everything you touch, one way or another, ends up dead.
Day 7

Jamey Farrell: How long is this going to take?
Nina: Why, are we interrupting your social life?
Jamey Farrell: At least I have one.
Nina: Funny.

Karen Hayes: If we don't stop these attacks, this country will never recover.

Karen Hayes: There are people in this administration who are willing to tear up the Constitution in the name of National Security.

Kim: So, is she still giving you the cold shoulder?
Jack: If by "she" you're referring to your mother, I'd appreciate if you called her by her name. Mom. And no, she's just busy.
Kim: She's busy a lot.

Liddy: It's Liddy. You won't believe who just called here.
Graem Bauer: Who?
Liddy: Your brother Jack.
Graem Bauer: What are you talking about? Jack's rotting away in some Chinese prison.
Liddy: No, actually he's here in L.A.
Graem Bauer: How the hell did that happen?
Liddy: I don't know.
Graem Bauer: What's he want?
Liddy: He's looking for the old man.
Graem Bauer: Yeah? Why?
Liddy: He didn't say. But if I were you, I'd expect a call from Jack. Your name came up.
Graem Bauer: Damn it. We should have killed Jack when we had the chance instead of handing him over to the Chinese.
Liddy: We tried.
Graem Bauer: This isn't good. My brother has a way of digging things up that need to stay buried.

Marie Warner: I am going to help you. I'm going to help you stop being a part of the problem.
Kate Warner: So it's OK with you if Dad and I die today?
Marie Warner: I killed Reza��and I loved him. Why would I care about you and Dad?
Kate Warner: Because we love you.

Mason: Send somebody else. I need you here.
Tony: To do what, watch Paula die?