The Mackenzie Affair - Tancred (Final Episode)

Mackenzie's exploits won him the admiration of those on the margins of society. Small would-be farmers wanting their own land or resenting the power of large wealthy landowners could identify with him, as could those who did not fit the mould of genteel Canterbury society.

– Cathy Marr, dictionary of New Zealand Biography entry on Mackenzie

It would be cheaper to give him his fare and send him back to Scotland ... or Australia.

– Sergeant Seager (Robin Bowering)

I didn’t steal them. I’m innocent ... INNOCENT!

– James Mackenzie (James Cosmo)

If the law does not exist for one man, it does not exist for any man.

– Tancred (Ken Blackburn), in reply to accusations that supporting Mackenzie will see him become the laughing stock of Canterbury

The more I learn of man, the better I like dogs.

– Mackenzie (James Cosmo)

I would say Mackenzie is more trouble than Napoleon ever was!

– Superintendent Fitzgerald (Patrick Smyth)