[Sam Spade]
When a man's partner's k**ed, he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner, and you're supposed to do something about it, and it happens we're in the detective business. Well, when one of your organization gets k**ed, it's - it's bad business to let the k**er get away with it, bad all around, bad for every detective everywhere.
[Brigid]
You don't expect me to think that these things you're saying are sufficient reasons for sending me to the...
[Sam Spade]
Wait'll I'm through. Then you can talk. I've no earthly reason to think I can trust you. And if I do this and get away with it, you'll have something on me that you can use whenever you want to. Since I've got something on you, I couldn't be sure that you wouldn't put a hole in me some day. All those are on one side. Maybe some of them are unimportant. I won't argue about that. But look at the number of them. And what have we got on the other side? All we've got is that maybe you love me and maybe I love you.