- Narrator: Meet Roscoe Boone. The hooting-est, hollering-est, phoniest preacher man who ever hell-fired and damnationed a congregation.
- Rev. Roscoe Boone: [preaching from the pulpit in his small church; a young woman dressed only in her underwear is standing nearby.] Corinthians done sayeth: "It is better to marry than to be aflame with passion." Now, all you boys with passion get in line there.
- Rev. Roscoe Boone: [a dozen men start pawing and kissing the young woman] That's nice. Now, everybody kiss the bride.
- Carter: Reverend, look, if by some miracle I can get you out of this mess, you have got to give me your word that you'll close down the White Lighting still.
- Grady: Don't listen to him! He's sided with them!
- Carter: I don't care what you think, Grady! I'm trying to help.
- [police cars are approaching]
- Carter: Here they come!
- [to Boone]
- Carter: What's your answer?
- Rev. Roscoe Boone: Well, boy, if you can put oil on the water, I ain't gonna set that oil on fire.