An Inspector Calls: Key Quotations

Below is a list of all of the quotations we have covered organised by character and theme:

Social Responsibility

1. Arthur Birling: "A man has to make his own way—has to look after himself—and his family too, of course."
2. Sheila Birling: "But these girls aren't cheap labour—they're people."
3. Inspector Goole: "We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other."
4. Inspector Goole: "Each of you helped to kill her. Remember that. Never forget it."

Age

1. Arthur Birling: "The Germans don't want war. Nobody wants war."
2. Sybil Birling: "I did nothing I'm ashamed of."
3. Eric Birling: "The fact remains that I did what I did."

Gender

1. Sybil Birling: "Girls of that class—"
2. Sheila Birling: "I'll never, never do it again to anybody."
3. Gerald Croft: "I didn't feel about her as she felt about me."

Class

1. Arthur Birling: "A man has to make his own way—has to look after himself—and his family too, of course."
2. Sybil Birling: "Girls of that class—"
3. Gerald Croft: "Everything's all right now, Sheila."
4. Edna: "Yes, Ma'am."
5. Edna: "Edna'll answer it."