- John Hampden: Can't you see the headlines? "War and Peace Among the Hampdens. Pacifist's Progeny Pip Pedagogue."
- Mrs. Hampden - Senior: Ever since John adopted pacifism, I've never known him so impossibly belligerent.
- Mrs. Hampden - Senior: You've made a much better wife for John than he deserves. The fact that he is my son my son doesn't prevent me from saying you've married a self-centred absent-minded maniac.
- Dr. Skillingworth: You're a pacifist... a pacifist who threatens to knock people's blocks off!
- John Hampden: Now listen, you pedagogical popinjay...