“Did you know 90% of the country believes in ghosts? less than a third in evolution? 35% can correctly identify Homer Simpson's fictional town in which he resides, less than 1% knows the name Thurgood Marshall. But... when you put 12 Americans together in a jury and you ask for justice? Something just South of brilliance happens. Often as not,...” (continue) (continue reading)
Justice quotes
175 justice quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines-
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What is an unalienable right if you are a negro? What does it mean, "equal treatment" under the law? What-what does it mean, liberty and justice for all? Now I say to these people, "Look at the face of this young man, and you will see the face of a black man. But if you look at the blood shed, it is red! It is like yours! It is just... like... (continue) (continue reading)
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“- Sarah: That's not fair!
- Jareth: You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is?”
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“Those who will not live by the law shall die by the law!”
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“Honestly, I'm not a massive fan of courtroom dramas.”
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“There are laws that enslave men, and laws that set them free.”
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“People gotta talk themselves into law and order before they do anything about it. Maybe because down deep they don't care. They just don't care.”
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“- Wendell Armbruster: Is this how justice works in Italy?
- Carlo Carlucci: Shold we talk about Sacco and Vanzetti?”
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“Okay, God, just... I want you to look down on these girls here. They're like little flowers, and the rain you send 'em gutta be gentle and sweet. We come to you today, and we ask you to just... help 'em - help us grab this pageant by the balls and rip 'em off! I mean, if those judges don't like us, then screw 'em. These girls here - they're...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“- Dr. Sanders: If the sheriff did his duty, you'd be locked up in a cell!
- Carol Nelson: If the state did its duty, you'd be locked up in a cell - a padded cell!”
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“Justice is coming to all of us, no matter what the fuck we do. You know, mankind's been trying to kill each other off since the beginning of time.”
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“He may have been a difficult man, but he had a peculiar sense of what was right — and he stuck by it.”
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“- Alice Evans: He's a killer, Daniel.
- Dan Evans: Then someone ought to have the decency to bring him to justice.” -
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“Justice, young man, is only irrelative to who's in charge.”
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“Our society cannot condone men who take the law into their own hands.”
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“Someone has taken justice and hidden it in the law.”
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“- D.A. Rufus Buckley: Do you think two men who hang a child should be free in 10 years?
- Carl Lee Hailey: No sir.
- D.A. Rufus Buckley: Well what do you think should happen? What would be a fair sentence?”
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“Till they invent a trigger a woman can't pull, if you're a hang man, you're going to hang woman.”
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