Guilt quotes

“Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.”
George Sewell

“We can no long wear the uniform of the soldier. We forfeited that right and that includes me. I disobeyed an executive order, I violated my duty as a commanding officer. And eight men paid a catastrophic price. It's a mistake not easy to live with. So here I am just like you, a convicted criminal. Only difference between you and me is, I know...” (continue)(continue reading)
Robert Redford - Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin

“- Brown: What am I guilty of?
- Ray: Being a cunt, Brown. Being a cunt.”
Max Bennett - Brown
Charlie Hunnam - Ray

“Fact is, all lies, all evil deeds, they stink. You can cover them up for a while, but they don't go away.”
Clive Owen - Dalton Russell

“- Pete Menzies: Convictions. Sure. How many did you frame?
- Quinlan: Nobody.
- Pete Menzies: Come on, Hank. How many did you frame?
- Quinlan: I told you. Nobody. Nobody that wasn't guilty. Guilty. Guilty.”
Joseph Calleia - Police Sergeant Pete Menzies
Orson Welles - Police Captain Hank Quinlan

“Where I come from, when the government says someone's guilty, that's how you know they're innocent.”
Nina Arianda - Nadya Light

“- Juror #6: You think he's not guilty, huh?
- Juror #8: I don't know. It's possible.”

Edward Binns - Juror 6
Henry Fonda - Juror 8

“- Juror #2: It's hard to put into words. I just think he's guilty. I thought it was obvious from the word, 'Go'. Nobody proved otherwise.
- Juror #8: Nobody has to prove otherwise. The burden of proof is on the prosecution. The defendant doesn't even have to open his mouth. That's in the Constitution.”
John Fiedler - Juror 2
Henry Fonda - Juror 8

“- George Grisby: Beautiful, isn't it.
- Michael O'Hara: The beach, you mean, or the tourists?
- George Grisby: Everything!
- Michael O'Hara: There's a fair face to the land; but, you can't hide the hunger and guilt. It's a bright, guilty world.”
Glenn Anders - George Grisby
Orson Welles - Michael O'Hara

“In a democracy, we do not shoot unarmed suspects on sight for a murder in which their participation is still unproven.”
Bradford Dillman - Dr. Lewis Dixon

“For the love of Jesus Christ! If you wish to destroy me, then destroy me. Accuse me of exposing political chicanery and the evils of the state, and I will plead guilty! But who would not hold back some scraps to prove to himself, in his dotage, that he was once loved?”
Oliver Reed - Urbain Grandier

“We need guilt, Doctor. And shame. But not yours.”

Dakota Johnson - Susie

“It's a world where you think actions have no consequence, where guilt is cloaked by anonymity, where there are no fingerprints. An invisible universe filled with strangers, interconnected online and disconnected in life.”

Halle Berry - Ro

“You stay the fuck away from me Ryan okay! You're the whole reason we're in this friggen mess. Get out! And Get me out!”

Cassidy Gifford - Cassidy Spilker

“I should have let him be punished then, along with the other filth. But he was my only son. His mother died giving birth to him. He and I are all each other have. I was afraid for him. Afraid for me. See, I was a public figure. So I did things. I fixed it.”

Pat Hingle - Chief Jannings

“- Mike Kattan: How does it feel, Hank? Knowing that every client you represent is guilty?
- Hank Palmer: It's fine. Innocent people can't afford me.”
David Krumholtz - Mike Kattan
Robert Downey Jr. - Hank Palmer

“- Eddie Mannix: Bless me, father, for I have sinned.
- Priest: How long since your last confession, son?
- Eddie Mannix: 27 hours.
- Priest: It's really too often. You're not that bad.”
Josh Brolin - Eddie Mannix
Robert Pike Daniel - Catholic Clergyman

“I used to believe in this sport and Armstrong is killing it!”

Chris O'Dowd - David Walsh

- Matt Murdock: Define "better". Huh? What would be a "better" client?
- Franklin 'Foggy' Nelson: "Better" means "rich and guilty", okay? Remember when they taught us in law school how to create a moral vacuum so that you can represent people who aren't all necessarily innocent?
Ben Affleck - Matt Murdock
Jon Favreau - Franklin 'Foggy' Nelson

“It's important to feel guilty. Otherwise, you're capable of terrible things.”
Woody Allen - Danny Rose

“Let it be recorded that the condemned pleaded not guilty.”

Peter Alexander Ustinov - Horace

“- Scotty: I told him that I could not only beam a grapefruit from one planet to the adjacent planet in the same system, which is easy, by the way, I could do it with a life form. So, I tested it out on Admiral Archer's prized beagle.
- James T. Kirk: Wait, I know that dog. What happened to it?
- Scotty: I'll tell you when it reappears. Ahem. I...” (continue)(continue reading)
Simon Pegg - Scotty
Chris Pine - James T. Kirk

“Six weeks ago, I spoke harshly to a patient and she committed suicide. Right in front of me. Perhaps she would have done this anyway. That's what my colleagues say. But I don't know.”
Bruce Willis - Bill Capa

“- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: I'll never forgive myself.
- Joe Galloway: For what, sir?
- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: That my men died and I didn't.”
Mel Gibson - Lt. Col. Hal Moore
Barry Pepper - Joe Galloway

“There is a correlation between generosity and guilt.”
Alfre Woodard - Miriam