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Quotes of Movie: "The Practice" [1997]
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It's better that ten guilty men go free, than one innocent man suffer. Bobby, if stupidity were a crime, your ass would be in jail for life! What Mr. Donnell is saying is he doesn't trust juries. Well, that's the system of this country. And if it displeases him, perhaps he should move to Cuba. Mr. Bay, did you see the sign, "Check your soapbox at the door"? | |
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Helen, can I call you Helen? Helen: No. Joey Heric: Okay, Dorothy. This is a no-brainer, what's stopping you? Lindsay: Some of us have brains. Let me be frank. The defendant is world-class scum. I'm sure he's guilty of the crime. Eugene Young: Well, I'm glad you have an open mind. Judge Roberta Kittleson: Oh please. A mind is like a wound. If it's too open, you get an infection. I'm sorry, Mr. Bay. I'm not going to allow the prosecution to call defense counsel to impeach a state's witness. You got a bad bounce. You'll just have to deal with it. This is a total gyp. We'd all kill. It's just the circumstances that vary. Lindsay: Now there's a proverb. What kind of fairness is this? You're putting the system before a person's life. Judge Hiller: Damn right I am. That's why I wear the robe. What am I, a pineapple? I need it, Richard. Give it to me. Richard Bay: What? Helen Gamble: The speech. Why we do what we do. Richard Bay: Oh, I am not really in the mood after... Helen Gamble: PLEASE, Richard. I NEED it. Please give it to me. And don't just phone it in. Richard Bay: Helen... Helen Gamble: Please! Can't you see how demoralized I am? Richard Bay: OK. (takes a deep breath) There are heroes in this world. They're called District Attorneys. They don't get to have clients, people who smile at them at the end of the trial, who look them in the eye and say, "thank you." Nobody is there to appreciate the District Attorney, because we work for the state. And our gratitude comes only from knowing there's a tide out there. A tide the size of a tsunami coming out of a bottomless cesspool. A tide called crime, which, if left unchecked will rob every American of his freedom. A tide which strips individuals of the privilege of being able to, to walk down a dark street or take twenty dollars out of an ATM machine without fear of being mugged. All Congress does is talk, but it's the District Attorney who grabs his sword, who digs into the trenches and fights the fight. Who dogs justice day, after day, after day without thanks, without so much as a simple pat on the back. But we do it. We do it, we do it because we are the crusaders, the last frontier of American justice. Knowing that if a man cannot feel safe, he can never, never feel free. Helen Gamble: Thank you. Client: I guess you can't ask someone to trust you after you've planned their death. Heads we take the plea, tails we go for it. [flips coin] Ellenor: Tails. We go for it. Lindsay: This is why we get paid. To make these decisions. Can't let an innocent man go to jail. Rebecca: We don't even let our guilty ones go there. Your style is kind of, you know, Queen Bitch Killer Bee. Doesn't harsh go with that? Helen: Why yes Lindsay, harsh would go with that... If you were in my position... Helen: I would NEVER be in your position. Lindsay: Hey! Helen: Go to hell. Lindsay: You go to hell. You think it's tough defending the guilty, Lindsay? Try the innocent... it's terrifying. Once in a while you get an innocent, and that's why we do this. Has the prosecution paid you for your testimony today? Witness: I have been paid a small stipend for my expenses. Ellenor: Would that be more or less than they paid the judge? My mother told me two things before she died. One was never let somebody push you around just because they're bigger or richer. Ellenor: What was the other thing she told you? Lucy: If you're ever in an argument, you can always trump with a dead mother. Helen: Oh, go kill yourself. Priest: With Catholics like you, who needs Protestants? Who's the judge? Richard: Kittleson, I hate her too. Helen: And why is that? Richard: Because... Raymond Oz called me a midget at sidebar. She could've held him in contempt. Helen: He was the defendant! She... Richard: Then she half-called me a midget, too. Helen: Kittleson? Richard: It was a slip. She said 'midg', then caught herself. I hate her too. | |
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