Reporter
We're interested in your opinion of this monster.
Professor Arronax My opinion? Frankly, it's rather low at the moment.
Played by Paul Lukas 
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) · 19 quotes
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) · 19 quotes
Tied for 3rd most-quoted character in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954): in 4 of its 19 quotes
Most scenes with: Captain Nemo (3)
Scenes with Professor Arronax
4 scenes Professor Arronax 
I demand a fair trial!
You've had your trial. The sea brought you, the sea shall have you back.
Professor Arronax You cannot do this! This is uncivilized!
I am not what is called a "civilized man", Professor. I have done with society for reasons that seem good to me. Therefore I do not obey its laws.
Do you know the meaning of love, professor?
Professor Arronax I believe I do.
What you fail to understand is the power of hate. It can fill the heart as surely as love can.
Professor Arronax I'm sorry for you. It's a bitter substitute.
[After the Nautilus has rammed and sunk a munitions ship, destroying it with all hands]
I asked you to leave, Professor.
Professor Arronax You also asked me ashore, to show me man's inhumanity to man. Why? To justify this? You are not only a murderer, you are a hypocrite. The proof lies out there.
You call that murder? Well, I see murder, too. Not on those drowned faces out there, but on the faces of dead thousands! They are the assassins, the dealers in death. I am the avenger! Is murder a right reserved for that hated nation? They've already taken everything else from me! Everything but my secrets, the secret of my submarine boat and the energy that propels it. They tried! They cast me in a prison, and when they failed... when they failed, they tortured my wife and young son to death.
