- Puck: There is a path in life that is open to all Americans: work hard; study hard; sacrafice your youth; succeed at all costs; but anyone can buy into that.
- Johnny Red: The book's not the problem. The problem is the kind of people that look to it for answers.
- Dictionarry: Anarchy: A state of society without government or laws.
- Dictionary: Nihilism: A total rejection of established laws and institutions.