- Jack Reacher: [Referring to O'Donnell's wife] She doesn't panic, accepts reality on reality's terms.
- David O'Donnell: Daughter of an ER nurse, Chicago fire chief, tough as they come.
- Jack Reacher: Beautiful, tough, smart. She lose a bet?
- Hart: Get in the car.
- Jack Reacher: No.
- Seaver: Why won't you get in the car, Mr. Reacher?
- Jack Reacher: Just... Reacher.
- Seaver: Fine, Reacher. Why won't you get in the car?
- Jack Reacher: He didn't ask nicely.
- Senator Lavoy: Don't look so shocked, Mr. Reacher, I'm a US Congressman. I get things done.
- Jack Reacher: I'm shocked because a US Congressman got anything done.
- Omar Karim: [Homeland Security agent] AM and everyone working with him will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
- Jack Reacher: Unless we kill them all first.
- Omar Karim: Just like his brother.
- Senator Lavoy: [to Reacher] You like to upset the apple cart. I'm prepared to give you whatever you need to aid you in that endeavor. And when you're done, no one will ever be able to prove you were anywhere near those apples in the first place. Just smash the thing to bits. Leave no man left standing, no one left to endanger lives. And then you can disappear again. No one will go looking for you... or your friends