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The Chomsky Reader

The Chomsky Reader (1987) is a collection of political writing by Noam Chomsky, edited by James Peck, featuring selections of the author's work from the 1960s through the 1980s. Also included is Peck's interview with Chomsky.

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 * When I'm driving, I sometimes turn on the radio and I find very often that what I'm listening to is a discussion of sports. These are telephone conversations.  People call in and have long and intricate discussions, and it's plain that quite a high degree of thought and analysis is going into that.  People know a tremendous amount.  They know all sorts of complicated details and enter into far-reaching discussion about whether the coach made the right decision yesterday and so on.  These are ordinary people, not professionals, who are applying their intelligence and analytic skills in these areas and accumulating quite a lot of knowledge and, for all I know, understanding.  On the other hand, when I hear people talk about, say, international affairs or domestic problems, it's at a level of superficiality which is beyond belief. In part, this reaction may be due to my own areas of interest, but I think it's quite accurate, basically.  And I think that this concentration on topics such as sports makes a certain degree of sense.  The way the system is set up, there is virtually nothing people can do anyway, without a degree of organization that's far beyond anything that exists now, to influence the real world.  They might as well live in a fantasy world, and that's in fact what they do.
 * Interview (undated) by James Peck, p. 33

 * My guess is that you would find that the intellectual elite is the most heavily indoctrinated sector. It's their role as a secular priesthood to really believe the nonsense that they put forth.  Other people can repeat it, but it's not that crucial that they really believe it.  But for the intellectual elite themselves, it's crucial that they believe it because, after all, they are guardians of the faith.  Except for a very rare person who's just an outright liar, it's hard to be a convincing exponent of the faith unless you've internalized it and come to believe it.
 * Interview (undated) by James Peck, p. 35

 * JP: Do you think people are inhibited by expertise? NC: There are also experts about football, but these people don't defer to them. The people who call in talk with complete confidence.  They don't care if they disagree with the coach or whoever the local expert is.  They have their own opinion and they conduct intelligent discussions.
 * Interview (undated) by James Peck, p. 35

 * Most people are not liars. They can't tolerate too much cognitive dissonance.  I don't want to deny that there are outright liars, just brazen propagandists.  You can find them in journalism and in the academic professions as well.  But I don't think that's the norm.  The norm is obedience, adoption of uncritical attitudes, taking the easy path of self-deception.
 * Interview (undated) by James Peck, p. 39

 * After decades of anti-Communist indoctrination, it is difficult to achieve a perspective that makes possible a serious evaluation of the extent to which Bolshevism and Western liberalism have been united in their opposition to popular revolution.
 * Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship (1968), p. 90

 * The official historian of the Kennedy administration, Arthur Schlesinger, regarded as a leading dove, does indeed refer to aggression in 1962: "1962 had not been a bad year," he writes in his history, A Thousand Days ; "aggression [was] checked in Vietnam." That is, the year in which the United States undertook direct aggression against South Vietnam was the year in which aggression was checked in Vietnam.  Another respected figure in the liberal pantheon, Adlai Stevenson, intoned at the United Nations that in Vietnam we were combating "internal aggression," another phrase that Orwell would have admired; that is, we were combating aggression by the Vietnamese against us in Vietnam, just as we had combated aggression by the Mexicans against us in Mexico a century earlier.
 * The Manufacture of Consent (1984), p. 130

 * The more intensely the debate rages between hawks and doves, the more firmly and effectively the doctrines of the state religion are established.
 * The Manufacture of Consent (1984), p. 132

 * The many modern critics who sense an inconsistency in the belief that free creation takes place within — presupposes, in fact — a system of constraints and governing principles are quite mistaken: unless, of course, they speak of "contradiction" in the loose and metaphoric sense of Schelling, when he writes that "without the contradiction of necessity and freedom not only philosophy but every nobler ambition of the spirit would sink to that death which is peculiar to those sciences in which that contradiction serves no function." Without this tension between necessity and freedom, rule and choice, there can be no creativity, no communication, no meaningful acts all all.
 * Language and Freedom (1970), p. 153

 * It must, needless to say, be stressed that social action cannot await a firmly established theory of human nature and society, nor can the validity of the latter be determined by our hopes and moral judgments.
 * Language and Freedom (1970), p. 155

 * Being able to do as one pleases is the natural goal of the libertarian, but having nothing to do is not. While it may be correct to say that the human species is badly prepared for having nothing to do, it is quite a different matter to say that it is badly prepared for the freedom to do as one pleases.  People who are able to do as they please may work very hard, given the opportunity to do interesting work.
 * Psychology and Ideology (1972), pp. 179-180

 * It would not be absurd, but grotesque, to argue that since circumstances can be arranged under which behavior is quite predictable — as in a prison, for example, or the concentration-camp society "designed" above — therefore there need be no concern for the freedom and dignity of "autonomous man." When such conclusions are taken to be the result of a "scientific analysis," one can only be amazed at human gullibility.
 * Psychology and Ideology (1972), pp. 181-182

 * In principle, we have a variety of important rights under the law. But we also know just how much these mean, in practice, to people who are unable to purchase them.  We have the right of free expression, though some can shout louder than others, by reason of power, wealth, and privilege.  We can defend our legal rights through the courts — insofar as we understand these rights and can afford the costs.  All of this is obvious and hardly worth extended comment.  In a perfectly functioning capitalist democracy, with no illegitimate abuse of power, freedom will be in effect a commodity; effectively, a person will have as much of it as he can buy.
 * Equality: Language Development, Human Intelligence, and Social Organization (1976), p. 189

 * Discussion of egalitarian views is often misleading, in that the criticism of such views is commonly directed against a straw-man opponent, as egalitarians have been quick to point out. In fact, "equality of condition," much deplored by contemporary ideologists, has rarely been the express goal of reformers or revolutionaries, at least on the left.  In Marx's utopia, "the development of human energy" is to be taken as "an end in itself" as humans escape the "realm of necessity" so that questions of freedom can be seriously raised.  The guiding principle, reiterated to the point of cliché, is: "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs."  The principle of "equality of condition" is nowhere invoked.  If one person needs medical treatment and another is more fortunate, they are not to be granted an equal amount of medical care, and the same is true of other human needs.
 * Equality: Language Development, Human Intelligence, and Social Organization (1976), pp. 190-191

 * I am personally quite convinced that no matter what training or education I might have received, I could never have run a four-minute mile, discovered Gödel's theorems, composed a Beethoven quartet, or risen to any of other innumerable heights of human achievement. I feel in no way demeaned by these inadequacies.  It is quite enough that I am capable, as I think any person of normal endowments probably is, of appreciating and in part understanding what others have accomplished, while making my own personal contributions in whatever measure and manner I am able to do so.  Human talents vary considerably, within a fixed framework that is characteristic of the species and that permits ample scope for creative work, including the creative work of appreciating the achievements of others.  This should be a matter for delight rather than a condition to be abhorred.  Those who assume otherwise must be adopting the tacit premise that people's rights or social reward are somehow contingent on their abilities.  As for human rights, there is an element of plausibility in this assumption in the single respect already noted: in a decent society, opportunities should conform as far as possible to personal needs, and such needs may be specialized and related to particular talents and capacities.  My pleasure in life is enhanced by the fact that others can do many things that I cannot, and I see no reason to want to deny these people the opportunity to cultivate their talents, consistent with general social needs.  Difficult questions of practice are sure to arise in any functioning social group, but I see no problem of principle.
 * Equality: Language Development, Human Intelligence, and Social Organization (1976), pp. 198-199

 * It is important to understand that the massacre of the rural population of Vietnam and their forced evacuation is not an accidental by-product of the war. Rather it is of the very essence of American strategy.  The theory behind it has been explained with great clarity and explicitness, for example by Professor Samuel Huntington, chairman of the Government Department at Harvard and at the time (1968) chairman of the Council of Vietnamese Studies of the Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group.  Writing in Foreign Affairs, he explains that the Vietcong is "a powerful force which cannot be dislodged from its constituency so long as the constituency continues to exist."  The conclusion is obvious, and he does not shrink from it.
 * After "Pinkville" (1969), p. 259

 * Cuba has probably been the target of more international terrorism than any other country, and, therefore, in the American ideological system it is regarded as the source of international terrorism, exactly as Orwell would have predicted.
 * Intervention in Vietnam and Central America: Parallels and Differences (1985), p. 328

 * Democracy doesn't mean much if people have to confront concentrated systems of economic power as isolated individuals. Democracy means something if people can organize to gain information, to have thoughts for that matter, to make plans, to enter into the political system in some active way, to put forth programs and so on.  If organizations of that kind exist, then democracy can exist too.  Otherwise it's a matter of pushing a lever every couple of years; it's like having the choice between Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola.
 * Intervention in Vietnam and Central America: Parallels and Differences (1985), p. 334

 * We attack Nicaragua precisely because it is committed to a model of development that we cannot tolerate. Of course, this is presented as defense against the Russians, and as proof that it's defense against the Russians we note that the Nicaraguans receive weapons with which they can defend themselves against our attack.
 * Intervention in Vietnam and Central America: Parallels and Differences (1985), p. 336

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Terrell Owens

Terrell Eldorado Owens (born December 7, 1973) is an American football wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. Popularly known by his initials, T.O., Owens has established himself as one of the NFL's most productive and outspoken players. Prior to playing with the Bills, he played for the San Francisco 49ers, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Dallas Cowboys. Owens played college football and basketball at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Quotes

 * I'm content where I am. I know I am going to be a Cowboy for life.
 * Tom Orsborn (July 27, 2008) "Owens one happy camper", San Antonio Express-News, p. 01C.

 * Once I step on the field, by the things I do in practice and the way I practice, you can't tell that I don't love the game. But I just know it deep down.
 * Mike Triplett (September 2, 2001) "He's fast and he's furious - Terrell Owens is all about passion. But is it love or hate? You have to dig deep to discover the engine that drives the 49ers' most controversial player", The Sacramento Bee, p. C1.

 * People have doubted me and criticized me my whole life, and that's why I'm the way I am.
 * Nancy Gay (October 26, 2000) "The Many Moods of Owens - Why talented receiver does things his own way", San Francisco Chronicle, p. C1.

 * I've always been pretty much a quiet person. When I was little, I got picked on a lot. After I went through all that, I pretty much kept to myself.
 * Brian Murphy (January 8, 1999) "What A Great Catch 49ers Struck Gold By Picking Owens", The Press Democrat, p. C1.

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 * Yes, I am a narcissist. The best, too.
 * Rob Kirkpatrick, Randy Howe (2007) 1001 Stupid Sports Quotes: Jaw-Dropping, Stupifying, and Amazing Expressions from the World's Best Athletes, Globe Pequot, ISBN 1599210126, p. 94.

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 * T.O., he's a phenomenal player and a good leader. A lot of people in the media try to make him to be a bad guy, which he's really not. He's a team player. He works hard.
 * Alonzo Ephraim — reported in Alex Marvez (November 11, 2005) "Ephraim Says Owens Was A Good Teammate", South Florida Sun-Sentinel, p. 7C.

 * He's a coach's dream. He's been really wonderful for the other guys I coach. Why? His work ethic, he has a great passion for playing the game; he's made my job easier.
 * David Culley — reported in Doug Lesmerises (February 2, 2005) "Receivers coach says Owens a gem - T.O. a role model for young players", The News Journal, p. C7.

 * He's definitely a character. But he's his own marketing tool, and he does it very well. He's real laid-back and subdued most times. Real down-to-earth guy. And when it's lights-camera-action -- different person.
 * Dorsey Levens — reported in Jason Wilde (December 3, 2004) "A Perfect Fit - Shedding His Label As A Malcontent, Terrell Owens Has Transformed The Eagles With His NFL-Best 13 Receiving Tds - And Form-Fitting Tights", Wisconsin State Journal, p. D1.

 * I think T.O. is the ultimate right now in the league as far as being able to make plays. Every time he touches the ball, he is capable of doing something special with it.
 * Jeff Garcia — reported in Mike Triplett (November 22, 2001) "Owens receives his team's vote", The Sacramento Bee, p. C8.

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Evo Morales

Juan Evo Morales Ayma (b. October 26, 1959), popularly known as Evo (IPA: [ˈeβ̞o]), is the President of Bolivia, the country's first Amerindian president.

2000s

 * Friends, we have now won. ...I say to Aymaras, Quechuas, Chiquitaos, and Guaranis: for the first time we [indigenous people] are going to be presidents. And I want to say to businesses, intellectual professionals, and artists: do not abandon us.
 * 18 Dec 2005 in Cochabamba,zdfbzfdg Socialismo], as quoted by Spanish Wikiquote.

 * I am sure of the fact that Fidel and Chávez are commanders of the forces of freedom in America, to liberate America and the world.
 * Press conference during his first visit to Cuba, December 2005.
 * Terra (Colombia), as quoted by Spanish Wikiquote.

 * If we want to save the planet earth, to save life and humanity, we have a duty to put an end to the capitalist system. Unless we put an end to the capitalist system, it is impossible to imagine that there will be equality and justice on this planet earth. This is why I believe that it is important to put an end to the exploitation of human beings and to the pillage of natural resources, to put an end to destructive wars for markets and raw materials, to the plundering of energy, particularly fossil fuels, to the excessive consumption of goods and to the accumulation of waste. The capitalist system only allows us to heap up waste. I would like to propose that the trillions of money earmarked for war should be channelled to make good the damage to the environment, to make reparations to the earth.
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 * I learned that the political is above the legal, that’s why when my advisors tell me, Evo, what you are doing is illegal, I say, if it is illegal, then do it legal, you have studied for that
 * Press conference Digital Journals in Spanish such as La Razón citing the article "Cuando la ley se convierte en una piedra en el zapato" or Libertad Digital "Evo Morales confiesa que da "pasos ilegales" en Bolivia para aplicar sus reformas."

 * I want to tell you, companions and union leaders, to all of you, if you are not with the official party (MAS) at this time, you are the opposition. If you are opposition, then you are right wing, of the racist-fascists, of the neo-liberals...it is time for definition either you are with the MAS or you are a fascist (this rhymes in Spanish: Sos MASista o sos facista). There is no middle ground. Define yourselves.
 * Translated from a video reported in all Bolivia's major written press. A video of the speech can be found here: http://www.ahorabolivia.com/2009/04/08/debate-%C2%BFsos-masista-o-fascista/

 * The conspiracy against my government is headed by the US Ambassador, USA, with funds that came from American taxpayers would think that they're using to help Bolivian people, is using the money in order to campaign against my government and me they met with NGOs and other groups here always with intention of conspiring. They offered the money in condition that they take part in campaign against Evo Morales; the major vacaca city who visit us recently told me that he was offered money by USAID agency to run as an opposition congressman, they even offered to pay for his campaign and the mayor told me that the people work for US agency go from house to house telling people if they've get rid of Evo they would have more money, if you want the document about this, we could, we are going to present to prove this the document to the US Congress.
 * Talk to Jazeera (March 2008)

2010s

 * The chicken that we eat is chock-full of feminine hormones. So, when men eat these chickens, they deviate from themselves as men.
 * Speech at the inauguration of conference on climate change held near Cochabamba, Bolivia. April 20, 2010.

 * Baldness that appears to be normal is a disease in Europe, almost all of them are bald, and that is because of the things they eat; while among the indigenous peoples there are no bald people, because we eat other things"
 * Speech at the inauguration of conference on climate change held near Cochabamba, Bolivia. April 20, 2010.

 * Some countries of Europe have to free themselves from the US Empire. They are not going to frighten us because we are a people with dignity and sovereignty.
 * Statement told to his supporters at airport near La Paz after his flight was hold for 13 hours in Vienna, Austria after it was suspected that Edward Snowden was traveling with him on board. July 3, 2013.

2020s

 * Our sin is that we are ideologically anti-imperialist, but this coup won’t make me change ideologically... We are very grateful to the president of Mexico, because he saved my life.
 * Quoted by Clifford Krauss, in ‘I Assume the Presidency’: Bolivia Lawmaker Declares Herself Leader, The New York Times, (12 November 2019)

 * The OAS made a political decision, not a technical or legal one. This is a report — now I have realized from the recommendations of some leftist brothers and sisters — that the OAS is not in the service of the people of Latin America, less so the social movements. The OAS is at the service of the North American empire.
 * Quoted in Exiled Bolivian President Evo Morales Calls for “National Dialogue”, Democracy Now! (14 November 2019)

 * Every day, we are reminded of the duty to continue our struggle against imperialism, against capitalism, and against colonialism. We must work together towards a world in which greater respect for the people and for Mother Earth is possible. In order to do this, it is essential for states to intervene so that the needs of the masses and the oppressed are put first. We have the conviction that we are the masses. And that the masses, over time, will win.
 * Preface to Vijay Prashad's Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations., 2020. p. 11

2000s

 * Bolivia has this long record of giving into the I.M.F. and the World Bank, privatizing their resources, like their power company and their water company. And the people of Bolivia were fed up with this... so Evo Morales ran on this ticket that said, “I’m not going to put up with this anymore.” .. The reason he was elected.. has to do with the extreme frustration and anger of the Bolivian people, of how they’ve been exploited and how the I.M.F. and the World Bank have insisted that they turn their resources over to foreign corporations. And also, you know, part of the World Trade Organization policies is that we insist that countries like Bolivia not subsidize their local industries and products, but that they accept our subsidies of them, and that they not erect any barriers against our goods coming in there, but they accept the barriers that we erect against their goods. And people around the world, Amy, are getting fed up with this. 300 million Latin Americans — South Americans out of 360 million, over 80% have voted for these types of candidates.... people like Evo Morales, really looked to Hugo Chavez as an example of someone who’s had the staying power. He’s been able to stay there, despite the fact that the (G.W. Bush) administration has spoken so strongly against him and is so angry...
 * John Perkins, quoted in: Self-Described Economic Hit Man John Perkins: “We Have Created the World’s First Truly Global Empire”, Democracy Now,   (15 February 2006)

 * Well, I have no doubt that he (Evo Morales) has been visited by at least one of these men... they walk into his office and shake his hands and say, “Congratulations, Mr. President. You won. We launched a strong campaign against you, but now you’ve won. And now, I want to tell you the facts of life and make you —”... Morales was very diplomatic about the whole thing, but absolutely stood firm and said, “You know, my people have elected me for a reason, and I intend to honor that.” This is what his initial response was. But what I will say is we can’t imagine the pressure now that’s being exerted on a man like Morales, as is true with all these other presidents. They know what’s happened before their time. And... the pressure will be put on them tighter and tighter and tighter.... And imagine being in that position. Imagine being an integritous person and really wanting to help your country, being elected with a majority — Morales got 54% of the vote, which is unheard of in Bolivia; he was up against many opponents — and then, wanting to implement the policy, and somebody walks into your office and reminds you of what happened to all these other presidents.
 * John Perkins, quoted in: Self-Described Economic Hit Man John Perkins: “We Have Created the World’s First Truly Global Empire”, Democracy Now,   (15 February 2006)

 * One of those leaders who came to address the U.N. General Assembly was Evo Morales, the first indigenous president of Bolivia. While the U.S. rarely looks south for leadership, Morales’ example is worth considering. He has restored diplomatic relations with Iran. Against tremendous internal opposition, he nationalized Bolivia’s natural gas fields, transforming the country’s economic stability, and, interestingly, enriching the very elite that originally criticized the move...President Morales told me: “Neither mother earth nor life are commodities. We are talking about a profound change of models and systems.”
 * Amy Goodman "Global Consensus, Not Global Conquest" article (2007)

2010s

 * "Moving forward, we must always go with President Evo Morales, not only do we have to speak, but we must all work [in favor of him]"
 * Cardinal Toribio Ticona Porco statement endorsing Morales 2019 Presidential Campaign quoted in (May 1, 2019)

 * State company Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB), established by the government of President Evo Morales in 2008 to exploit lithium in the salt flats, aims to make Bolivia the fourth-largest producer by 2021. Morales, a leftist and former coca farmer, is counting on lithium to serve as the economic engine that lifts his country out of poverty.
 * Bolivia, with huge untapped reserves, gears up for soaring lithium demand, France 24 (15 September 2019)

 * Morales' cancellation of the ACISA deal opened the door to either a renegotiation of the agreement with terms delivering more of the profits to the area's population or the outright nationalization of the Bolivian lithium extraction industry.
 * Bolivian Coup Comes Less Than a Week After Morales Stopped Multinational Firm's Lithium Deal, Common Dreams, Eoin Higgins, (11 November 2019)

 * Camacho also hails from a family of corporate elites who have long profited from Bolivia’s plentiful natural gas reserves... his family lost part of its wealth when Morales nationalized the nation’s resources, in order to fund his vast social programs — which cut poverty by 42 percent and extreme poverty by 60 percent.
 * Max Blumenthal  and Ben Norton  in Bolivia Coup Led by Christian Fascist Paramilitary Leader, a Multi-Millionaire – with Foreign Support, Consortium News, (12 November 2019)

 * José Ariel Blanco, the 25-year-old owner of a stationery store two blocks from the legislature, said he was thankful for Mr. Morales’s achievements — chief among them, tackling the racism that the Indigenous had suffered for centuries.  “My grandmother couldn’t walk into a bank in her Indigenous clothes until Evo became president,” he said. “Now she can, and that won’t change.”
 * Clifford Krauss,  ‘I Assume the Presidency’: Bolivia Lawmaker Declares Herself Leader, The New York Times, (12 November 2019)

 * Morales upended politics in this nation long ruled by light-skinned descendants of Europeans by reversing deep-rooted inequality. The economy grew strongly thanks to a boom in prices of commodities and he ushered through a new constitution that created a new Congress with seats reserved for Bolivia’s smaller indigenous groups while also allowing self-rule for all indigenous communities.
 * Bolivia caught in a power struggle between Añez at home and Morales in exile, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), (14 November 2019)

 * In contrast, we were witnesses to how the highest level of government responded, threatening to surround the cities, cut off food supplies and wage war in the streets. The violence committed almost exclusively by government supporters left many wounded and several dead, but it also served to reveal the true character of the Movement to Socialism (MAS), which is still trying to sow chaos and fear in the population. From its conception and in its ideology, this is a movement to savagery, fueled by the discourse of racism and resentment, and openly rejecting the Church and God himself, as was evidenced by the words of now ex-president Evo Morales: “Should anyone say [salvation] comes down from heaven, No. From heaven comes only the rain, salvation does not come to us from heaven” (Jan 22, 2015). His fall from power demonstrates the opposite.
 * Bishop Robert Herman Flock quoted in, (November 14, 2019)

 * Broadly speaking, Evo Morales was a successful leader of Bolivia. A trade unionist with familial roots among the country’s indigenous peoples, he was first elected president in 2005 and was twice returned to office with substantial majorities. Morales is credited by the IMF with achieving a drastic reduction in poverty among farmers and coca growers and a societal revolution that, among other things, transformed the standing of Bolivia’s numerous ethnic minority groups.
 * He championed a “plurinational” constitution that guaranteed equal rights and opportunities for all citizens, effectively ending the monopoly on power previously enjoyed by Bolivians of European descent. His time in office also saw a big increase in women’s political participation.
 * The Guardian, The Observer view on Evo Morales and Bolivia, Observer editorial, (17 November 2019)

 * In the eighteen years since I wrote "The Tribe of Guarayamín," there have been significant changes in in the politics of indigenous identity in the Americas. Most powerful among them is the resurgence of Latin American sovereignty, with a strong core of indigenous leadership, much of it female. Evo Morales, an Aymara man, is president of Bolivia, with a new Constitution that renames it as a plurinational state, in recognition of its indigenous nations. Universities, radio stations, courtrooms carry on their business in indigenous languages, and long idle lands of latifundista families have been reclaimed and distributed to campesinxs, some of whom have become, under the new indigenous autonomy laws, self-governing communities for the first time in five hundred years.
 * Aurora Levins Morales Medicine Stories: Essays for Radicals (2019 edition)

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The Thin Red Line (1998 film)

 The Thin Red Line (1998) tells the story of United States Forces during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II. Terrence Malick adapted the screenplay himself from the James Jones novel of the same name.

Private Witt

 * I remember my mother when she was dyin', looked all shrunk up and gray. I asked her if she was afraid. She just shook her head. I was afraid to touch the death I seen in her. I couldn't find nothin' beautiful or uplifting about her goin' back to God. I heard of people talk about immortality, but I ain't seen it. I wondered how it'd be like when I died, what it'd be like to know this breath now was the last one you was ever gonna draw. I just hope I can meet it the same way she did, with the same... calm. 'Cause that's where it's hidden - the immortality I hadn't seen.

 * voice over We were a family. How'd it break up and come apart, so that now we're turned against each other? Each standing in the other's light. How'd we lose that good that was given us? Let it slip away. Scattered it, careless. What's keepin' us from reaching out, touching the glory?

 * Maybe all men got one big soul everybody's a part of, all faces are the same man.
 * Taken from John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath ("Maybe all men got one big soul ever'body's a part of." - Jim Casey, chapter 4)

 * Wars don't ennoble men, it turns them into dogs, poisons the soul.

First Sergeant Edward Welsh

 * Where's your spark now?

 * We're living in a world that's blowing itself to pieces as fast as everybody can arrange it.

 * I might be the best friend you ever had, you don't even know it.

 * What difference do you think you can make, one single man in all this madness? If you die, it's gonna be for nothing. There's not some other world out there where everything's gonna be okay. There's just this world. Just this rock.

 * Property. The whole fucking thing's about property.

 * Everything's a lie. Everything you hear, everything you see. So much to spew out. They just keep coming, one after another. You're in a box. A moving box. They want you dead, or in their lie... There's only one thing a man can do - find something that's his, and make an island for himself. If I never meet you in this life, let me feel the lack; a glance from your eyes, and my life will be yours.

Private Jack Bell

 * Why should I be afraid to die? I belong to you. If I go first, I'll wait for you there, on the other side of the dark waters. Be with me now.

 * Love. Where does it come from? Who lit this flame in us? No war can put it out, conquer it. I was a prisoner. You set me free.

Private Edward P. Train

 * first lines, voice over What's this war in the heart of nature? Why does nature vie with itself? The land contend with the sea? Is there an avenging power in nature? Not one power, but two?

 * voice over This great evil. Where does it come from? How'd it steal into the world? What seed, what root did it grow from? Who's doin' this? Who's killin' us? Robbing us of life and light. Mockin' us with the sight of what we might've known. Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too? Have you passed through this night?

 * last lines, voice over Where is it that we were together? Who were you that I lived with? Walked with? The brother. The friend. Darkness and light. Strife and love. Are they the workings of one mind? The features of the same face? Oh, my soul. Let me be in you now. Look out through my eyes. Look out at the things you made. All things shining.

 * One man looks at a dying bird and thinks there's nothing but unanswered pain. That death's got the final word, it's laughing at him. Another man sees that same bird, feels the glory, feels something smiling through it.

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Lt. Col. Gordon Tall

 * voice over I'm dying. Slow as a tree.

 * voice over The closer you are to Caesar, the greater the fear.

 * You're Greek, captain, aren't you? Did you ever read Homer? We read Homer at the Point. In Greek.

 * voice over Shut up in a tomb. Can't lift the lid. Playing a role I never conceived.

 * You attack hard and center! Go straight up that goddamn hill!

 * You are not taking your men into the jungle, to avoid a goddamn fight! Now, I want you to attack, I want you to attack right now with every man at your disposal!

 * How many men do you think it's worth? How many lives? One? Two? Three? Twenty? Lives will be lost in your company, Captain. If you don't have the stomach for it, now is the time to let me know.

 * Look at this jungle. Look at the vines, the way they twine around the trees, swallowing everything. Nature's cruel, Staros.

Dead Japanese Soldier

 * Are you righteous? Kind? Does your confidence lie in this? Are you loved by all? Know that I was, too. Do you imagine your sufferings will be less because you loved goodness? Truth?

Dialogue

 * Private Witt: Do you ever feel lonely?
 * First Sgt. Edward Welsh: Only around people.

 * Welsh: In this world, a man himself is nothing. And there ain't no world, but this one.
 * Witt: You're wrong, there, Top: I've seen another world. Sometimes I think it was just my imagination.
 * Welsh: Well, then you've seen things I never will.

Taglines

 * Every man fights his own war.

Cast
Sean Penn : 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh Adrien Brody : Cpl. Fife Jim Caviezel : Pvt. Witt Ben Chaplin : Pvt. Bell George Clooney :Capt. Bosche John Cusack : Capt. Gaff Woody Harrelson : Sgt. Keck Elias Koteas : Cpt. Staros Nick Nolte : Lt. Col. Tall John C. Reilly : Sgt. Storm

title: The Thin Red Line (1998 film)


text:
Glory (film)

Glory is a 1989 film about the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer regiment as they fight against the prejudices of both their own Union army and the Confederates.
 * Directed by Edward Zwick. Written by Kevin Jarre, based on books by Lincoln Kirstein and Peter Burchard and the letters of Robert Gould Shaw.

Their innocence. Their heritage. Their lives. Their bravery. Nothing would be spared in the fight for their freedom.

Placards

 * Robert Gould Shaw, the son of wealthy Boston abolitionists, was 23 years old when he enlisted to fight in the War between the States. He wrote home regularly, telling his parents of life in the gathering Army of the Potomac.  These letters are collected in the Houghton Library of Harvard University.
 * The 54th Massachusetts Brigade lost over half its number in the assault on Ft. Wagner. The supporting white brigades also suffered heavily before withdrawing. The fort was never taken.  As word of their bravery spread, Congress at last authorized the raising of black troops throughout the Union. Over 180,000 volunteered.  President Lincoln credited these men of color with helping turn the tide of the war.

Colonel Robert Gould Shaw

 * [first lines, in a letter] Dear Mother, I hope you are keeping well and not worrying too much about me. You mustn't think that any of us are going to be killed, for they are collecting such a force here that an attack would be insane. The Massachusetts men passed through here this morning. How grand it is to meet the men from all the states, east and west, ready to fight fro their country, as the old fellows did in the Revolution. But this time, we must make it a whole country, for all who live here, so that all can speak. Before this war began, many of my regiment had never seen a negro, and now the roads are choked with the dispossessed. We fight for men and women whose poetry is not yet written, but which will presently be as enviable and as renowned as any. Last night, we heard of yet another defeat, but we are not disheartened. I am honored to be part of such a splendid company. They have made me captain, of which I am enormously proud. You would think it strange to see me giving orders to a hundred men, most of whom are older than I am. Thank you for sending my volume of Emerson. His words come home to me like truth. "A deep man," he says, "believes that the evil eye can wither, that the heart's blessing can heal, and that love can overcome all odds." My dearest love to Father. Your son, Robert.
 * Good morning gentlemen, I am Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. I am your commanding officer. It is a great pleasure to see you all here today. It is my hope that the same courage, spirit, and honor, which has brought us together, will one day restore this Union. May God bless us all!
 * Dear Mother, the men learn very quickly; faster than white troops, it seems to me. They are almost grave and sedate under instruction and they restrain themselves. But the moment they are dismissed from drill, every tongue is relaxed and every ivory tooth is visible and you would not know from the sound of it that this is an army camp. They must have learned this from long hours of meaningless, inhuman work to set their minds free so quickly. It gives them great energy. And there is no doubt we will leave this state as fine a regiment as any that as marched. As ever, your son, Robert.
 * It is my job to get these men ready. And I will. They have risked their lives to be here, they have given up their freedom. I owe them as much as they have given. I owe them my freedom...my life if necessary.
 * If you men will take no pay, then none of us will! [holds up his own paycheck and tears it in half]
 * Dear Father, I need your help. Despite my many requests, it has become clear that we are to be used only for manual labor. Morale is low. The men's humor darkened by idleness and despair. Why keep drilling if they are never to be given the opportunity to prove themselves? I have written to Governor Andrew as well as to the general staff in Washington. But I feel that only a letter directly from you to Lincoln himself can have the desired effect. I can think of no other course. I am sure you both pray, as I do, that all this has not been in vain.
 * There's more to fighting than rest, sir. There's character. There's strength of heart. You should have seen us in action two days ago. We were a sight to see! We'll be ready, sir. When do you want us?
 * [Last words] Come on, Fifty-Fourth!

Sergeant John Mulcahy

 * For God's sake, men, you march like a bunch of crippled old goats! Jesus Christ, we're gonna be here day and night till we get this right! One, one! Company, halt! About-face! You are ugly Mexican, African fucking whores! We're gonna work on this day and night till we get this right, gentlemen. Forward at the half step. March!

 * [to Thomas Searles] Oh, look at this. Bonnie Prince Charlie. Are you a gentleman? Are you a member of Congress or something? Or are you the bloody prince of Africa?! [Searles glances at him] Well, don't look at me! [grabs his jaw, points his face forward] Look straight ahead! Look straight ahead! I'll eat your ass up, boy-o!

Major Forbes

 * Mr. Rawlins, this regiment was formed with the promise that only white officers would be commissioned to lead it. Nothing was mentioned, however, about noncommissioned officers. Therefore, in recognition of initiative taken not only for yourself, but on behalf of the entire regiment, you are hereby awarded the rank of Sergeant Major. Congratulations.

Private Trip

 * Let me tell you something boy. You can march like the white man. You can talk like him. You can learn his songs. You can even wear his suits. But you ain't never gonna be nothing to him but an ugly ass chimp in a blue suit.

 * [addressing the 54th the night before battle] I ain't much about no prayin,' now. I ain't never had no family, and...killed off my mama. Well, I just...Y'all's the onliest family I got. I love the 54th. Ain't even much a matter what happens tomorrow, 'cause we men, ain't we? We men.

Others

 * Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins: [to a group of children] That's right, honeys. Ain't no dream. We runaway slaves, but we come back fightin' men. Go tell your folks how kingdom come in the year of jubilee!
 * Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins: If tomorrow is our great getting up moment...If tomorrow we have to meet the judgment day...Heavenly Father, we want you to let our folks know...that we died facing the enemy. We want'em to know, that we went down standing up! Amongst those that are fighting against our oppression. We want'em to know, Heavenly Father, that we died fighting for freedom!
 * Pvt. Jupiter Sharts: [praying aloud] Tomorrow we goes into battle. So Lordy, let me fight with the rifle in one hand and the Good Book in the other. So that if I may die at the muzzle of the rifle...die on water, or on land, I may know that you blessed Jesus almighty are with me...and I will have no fear.
 * Union Corporal: "Give'em hell 54th!"

Dialogue

 * Army Surgeon: Heard the latest?
 * Captain Robert G. Shaw: What's that?
 * Army Surgeon: Well, I heard it from a friend who's a dispatch rider, who got it from a friend of his who's one of Stanton's clerks in the War Office. He says Lincoln is gonna issue an Emancipation Proclamation. Gonna free the slaves.
 * Captain Robert G. Shaw: What?
 * Army Surgeon: Well, maybe not the ones in the border states or somethin', I don't know, but he's gonna free some of 'em, anyway.
 * Captain Robert G. Shaw: My God.
 * Army Surgeon: Yeah, he said he would have done it sooner, only he was waiting on a big victory, which is, I guess what this is.

 * Francis Shaw: Robert. Governor Andrew, you know my son, Robert.
 * Governor John Andrew: [shakes Robert's hand] Yes, good to see you again, Robert.
 * Captain Robert G. Shaw: Governor Andrew.
 * Francis Shaw: [gestures to Douglass] Robert, have you met Frederick Douglass?
 * Captain Robert G. Shaw: Mr. Douglass.
 * Governor John Andrew: I understand you were Antietam.
 * Captain Robert G. Shaw: Yes.
 * Governor John Andrew: A great and a terrible day. Well, I could use your help, Robert.
 * Francis Shaw: The governor is proposing to raise a regiment of negro soldiers.
 * Governor John Andrew: No, no, no, it was not just my idea. Mr. Douglass and some of us...
 * Frederick Douglass: We will offer pride and dignity to those who have known only degradation.
 * Sarah Shaw: Colored soldiers, Robert. Just think of it.
 * Captain Robert G. Shaw: Wonderful.
 * Governor John Andrew: I've submitted your name, Robert, to be commissioned colonel of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.
 * Captain Robert G. Shaw: Thank you, governor, that's...It's a wonderful idea.

 * Trip: Wait, no. That's my space, nigger. I sleep better close by the door.
 * Thomas Searles: Well, if you don't mind, I'd prefer a space where there's more sufficient reading light.
 * Trip: Oh, I like it when niggers talk good as white folk!
 * Thomas Searles: I'd be happy to teach you. It would be my pleasure.
 * Trip: Hey, listen here, snowflake, I ain't got nothin' to learn from no house nigger, you hear?
 * Thomas Searles: I am a free man, as was my father before me.
 * Trip: Oh, you free, huh? Then move your free black ass out my space, before I have to bust it up!

 * [Seasoned veteran Sergeant Major Mulcahy is attempting to teach the 54th to march in formation]
 * Sergeant Mulcahy: For God's sake, man! Do you not know your right from your left?
 * Jupiter Sharts: [stammers] N-No, sir.
 * Sergeant Mulcahy: How many here do not know right from left? [several men raise their hands] Jesus, have pity. [slaps Sharts on the chest] This is your front! [slaps him on the back] This is your rear! [stomps on Sharts' right foot] This is your right! And this- [Sharts raises his left foot as Mulcahy is about to stomp on it] Now you're learning, boy-o. Company! Forward, march!

 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Sergeant Major!
 * Sergeant Mulcahy: Sir!
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: At ease, Sergeant.
 * Sergeant Mulcahy: Sir.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: I have no doubt you are a fair man, Mulcahy. I wonder if you are treating these men too hard. [Mulcahy hesitates to speak.] You disagree. You may speak freely.
 * Sergeant Mulcahy: [referring to Searles] The boy's your friend, is he?
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: We grew up together, yes.
 * Sergeant Mulcahy: Let him grow up some more.

 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: You're a good shot, private.
 * Jupiter Sharts: Thank you, sir. Squirrel hunting.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: You ever killed a man?
 * Jupiter Sharts: No, sir.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: But you're handy with a gun.
 * Jupiter Sharts: Yes, sir.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Reload. [Sharts slowly starts to reload his rifle] Faster. [Sharts continues reloading] Faster. Faster! [Sharts finishes loading, and fumbles for a fuse cap] Discharge your weapon. Discharge your weapon. Do it! [Sharts takes aim, and fires] Now do it again, only this time, I want it done quickly! [to the other men] A good man can fire three aimed shots in a minute. Major Forbes, give me your Colt revolver.
 * Major Cabot Forbes: What?
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Your gun. Give it to me. [Forbes hands Shaw his pistol, and he turns back to Sharts who is still reloading his rifle] Faster. [Sharts takes aim and fires again] Reload. Quickly! Faster! [Shaw fires the pistol] Faster! Load. [fires] Faster! [fires] Do it! DO IT!! [fires] DO IT! [fires] DO IT! [fires] [Sharts fumbles with his weapon, and stares at Shaw, shaken. Shaw turns back to Major Forbes, and hands him back his pistol] Teach them...properly, Major.

 * Major Cabot Forbes: Why do you treat the men this way, Robert?
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: How should I treat them?
 * Major Cabot Forbes: Like men? And what about Thomas? Why are you so hard on him?
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: He's not a very good soldier. I'm getting these men ready for battle.
 * Major Cabot Forbes: Robert. They're already good as the 7th ever was. They march well, they're disciplined.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: No thanks to you.
 * Major Cabot Forbes: I beg your pardon?
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: You heard me.
 * Major Cabot Forbes: Who do you think you are, acting the high-up colonel?! You seem to forget, I know you. And so does Thomas. [starts to walk off]
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Forbes! If you don't believe in what we're doing here, maybe you shouldn't be part of it.
 * Major Cabot Forbes: Part of what? Huh?! [imitating Mulcahy] "Left, right! Left, right! Little finger along the seams of yer trousers!" [normally] Marching is probably all they'll ever get to do, Robert.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: It is my job...to get these men ready. And I will. They have risked their lives to be here, they have given up their freedom. I owe them as much as they have given. I owe them my freedom...my life if necessary. Maybe so do you, Cabot. I think you do.
 * [Cabot bows mockingly and walks off]

 * [Sergeant Major Mulcahy is leading a Company of the 54th during a bayonet drill]
 * Sergeant Mulcahy: Thrust! Develop! Guard! [walks past Jupiter Sharts] You're not a dancing school son, take his head off! Thrust! Develop! Guard! [walks to Thomas Searles] Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, what have here? Bonny Prince Charlie and his little toy bayonet. Your not reading your books now. Go on, go on, get over here, get over here. Now stab me.
 * Thomas Searles: What?
 * Sergeant Mulcahy: Stab. Me. [Searles half-heartedly prods with his bayonet. Mulcahey sweeps it aside disdainfully.] Stab, not tickle! Hit me! [Searles again lunges with the bayonet] Come on! You prissy little schoolgirl, you're the worst Soldier in this whole company, now hit me![Thomas lunges with his bayonet, Mulcahy deftly grabs his weapon and viciously knocks him to the ground with it.] No shame son, get up. [Searles lies on the ground crying] I said get up!
 * Trip: Nigger forgot to duck, that's all. [a few other soldiers laugh]
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: [points at Trip] Sergeant, deal with that man.
 * Sergeant Mulcahy: [walks over to Trip, whispers] Let me tell you a wee secret, son. The only thing you're to learn to do is to keep your mouth shut. [pushes Trip back]
 * John Rawlins: [holds Trip back as he tries to lunge back at Mulcahy] Save it, son. Save it.
 * Sergeant Mulcahy: First rank to the rear, back to work!
 * Thomas Searles: [to Shaw, on the verge of tears] Robert, Robert. I'd like to speak to you for a moment in private, if I may.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Enlisted men wishing to speak to their commanding officer, must first get permission. You understand, private?
 * Thomas Searles: [shedding tears, salutes] Yes, sir.

 * [Col. Shaw approaches Rawlins after having Trip horse-whipped for desertion]
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Mr. Rawlins...this morning, I...it would be a great help if I could talk to you from time to time about the men. That's all. [turns to leave]
 * John Rawlins: Shoes, sir. [Shaw turns around] The men need shoes, Colonel.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Yes, I've been after the quartermaster for some time.
 * John Rawlins: No, sir. Now. That boy ran off to find him some shoes, Colonel. He wants to fight. Same as the rest of us. More, even.

 * [Shaw enters the quartermaster's office while some of his soldiers guard the door]
 * Quartermaster Kendric: Good afternoon, Colonel. Change your mind about that bottle I was talking about?
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: I want 600 pairs of shoes and 1200 pairs of socks...and anything else you've been holding out on us, you piece of rat filth.
 * Quartermaster Kendric: I'd love to help you, Colonel, but we just don't have any.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Not for niggers, you don't!
 * Quartermaster Kendric: Not for anybody.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: I see. Pity. I'll just look around to see if you haven't misplaced them, hmm? [starts smashing up the place, throwing items off shelves and onto the floor]
 * Quartermaster Kendric: HEY!
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: [over the noise] Where are they, you son of a bitch?! [throws items off another shelf]
 * Quartermaster Kendric: Damn it, you can't-!
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Can't I?! I'm a colonel, you nasty little cuss! You really think you can keep 700 Union soldiers without proper shoes because you think it's funny?! Now, where would that power come from?!

 * Edward Pierce: Colonel Shaw. Edward Pierce, special assignment from Harper's Weekly.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Harper's Weekly?
 * Edward Pierce: Serving an entire nation. A million loyal readers want to know what happens when the men of the 54th see action.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: A million and one. Well, you'll want to see this. [gestures to Forbes]
 * Major Cabot Forbes: Attention, company! [the men stand at attention] Rawlins, front and center.
 * John Rawlins: [steps forward] Sir!
 * Major Cabot Forbes: Mr. Rawlins, this regiment was formed with the promise that only white officers would be commissioned to lead it. Nothing was mentioned, however, about noncommissioned officers. Therefore, in recognition of initiative taken not only for yourself, but on behalf of the entire regiment, you are hereby awarded the rank of Sergeant Major. [hands Rawlins sword and insignia]] Congratulations. [shakes Rawlins' hand]
 * John Rawlins: [salutes] Thank you, sir.
 * Soldiers: Hip, hip, hooray! Hooray! Hooray!
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Congratulations.
 * John Rawlins: I ain't sure I'm wanting this, Colonel.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: I know exactly how you feel.

 * [The 54th has just entered the mostly deserted town of Darien]
 * Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins: Town's clean, sir. Ain't no Rebs here, just some women.
 * Colonel James M. Montgomery: Well, all right. You here that, boys? Let's clear her out!
 * [The soldiers start looting the town]
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: What are you doing?
 * Colonel James M. Montgomery: Liberating this town in the name of the Republic.
 * Soldier: The musket, master Colonel. Never shoot it. Shoot now?
 * Colonel James M. Montgomery: Yeah, I don't see why not. Go ahead.
 * Soldier: Shoot the lady, boys! [shoots at figurehead on hotel]
 * Man: [runs out] Don't shoot! We ain't Secesh here!
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: That man is a civilian!
 * Colonel James M. Montgomery: That man is Secesh, and Secesh is all the same, son. [the soldiers fire at the man, who runs off] Look around you, look at 'em. You really think anybody's gonna put some boys into some real combat? Do you? I mean, they're little children for God's sake. Little monkey children. You just gotta learn how to control them.
 * [A scream is heard, Shaw and Montgomery look over to see a soldier fighting with a white woman and her black servant over some silverware] You see what I mean? Children.
 * Woman: [hits soldier] Animal! Leave her alone! [the soldier grabs and starts choking her]
 * Colonel James M. Montgomery: Hey, boy! Take your hands off the white lady. [the soldier ignores him, Montgomery pulls out his pistol and shoots the man dead] Now that would not have been necessary if that Secesh woman hadn't started it. They'll never learn. You see, Secesh has got to be swept away by the hand of God, like the Jews of old. And now I'll have to burn this town.
 * Woman: Nigger soldiers! NIGGER SOLDIERS!
 * Colonel James M. Montgomery: Tell your men to set torches and prepare to fire the buildings.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: I will not.
 * Colonel James M. Montgomery: That is an order. You will do it, or you will be brought up on charges for disobeying your superior officer.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: It is an immoral order, and by articles of war, I am not bound to obey it.
 * Colonel James M. Montgomery: Well, you can just explain that at your court-martial. After your men are placed under my command.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: [long pause, to his men] First squad, second platoon. Fall out to set torches. Prepare to fire the town.
 * Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins: First squad, second platoon! Fall out!
 * [The soldiers proceed to set fire to the buildings]

 * Trip: [to a group of Union soldiers marching up the road] Look like we goin' the wrong way. Hey. Hey, come on now, buck up boys! Hey, buck up now, come on! Be someday they gonna let the 54th get into it, see! And all your troubles would be over. Come on now, cheer up!
 * 10th Connecticut Corporal: [stops to face Trip] What'd you say, boy?
 * Trip: Boy? Hey, let me tell you...
 * Thomas Searles: Shut up, Trip.
 * Trip: [to Searles] Would you get up off me, snowflake? [to the 10th Connecticut Corporal] See, let me explain something to you. See, the way I figure, I figure this war would be over a whole lot sooner if you boys just turned right on around and headed back on down that way, and you let us head on up there where the real fighting is.
 * Union Soldier: There are men dyin' up that road.
 * Trip: And there wouldn't be nothing but Rebs dyin' if they'd let the 54th in it.
 * Union Solder: Listen-
 * [Men of both regiments argue and begin fighting]
 * Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins: Hold it! As you were, Trip! As you were! [to the Connecticut soldiers] You men move on.
 * 10th Connecticut Corporal: [scoffing as he notices Rawlins' rank] Stripes on a nigger. That's like tits on a bull!
 * [The other Union soldiers laugh]
 * Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins: You're lookin' at a higher rank, Corporal. You'll obey and you'll like it.
 * 10th Connecticut Corporal: Make me.
 * Trip: I'll make you!
 * [The 10th Connecticut soldiers push forward again and the fight resumes]
 * Major Cabot Forbes: [arriving on his horse] WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!
 * [The fighting immediately stops]
 * Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins: Attention!
 * Major Cabot Forbes: [pointing at the 10th Connecticut Corporal] You! Yes, you! What's your name? I'm putting you up on charges!
 * [The Corporal freezes in fear, unable to speak]
 * Sgt. Maj. Rawlins: There ain't no cause for that, sir.
 * Major Cabot Forbes: What's that, Sergeant?
 * Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins: It's just a soldiers' fight, sir.
 * Major Cabot Forbes: All right. You men move along. [pause] MOVE IT!
 * [The 54th resumes its work and the 10th Connecticut continues marching; the Corporal looks at Rawlins briefly, then rejoins his unit]

 * Trip: Yeah, button up that collar. Suck in that gut. Tuck in them big black lips. Lighten your skin, shrink up that nose.
 * Thomas Searles: I don't have to listen to this. [stands up to leave]
 * Trip: [blocks his way] Where you goin', boy?
 * Thomas Searles: Let me by.
 * Trip: Let you by? Let you by. Let me tell you something boy. You can march like the white man. You can talk like him. You can learn his songs. You can even wear his suits. But you ain't never gonna be nothing to him but an ugly ass chimp in a blue suit. Oh, you don't like that, do you?
 * Thomas Searles: No.
 * Trip: Well, what we gonna do about it? Want to fight me, boy? Huh? What you gonna do about it? You want to fight me, don't you? Don't you? Come on, nig.
 * [Trip and Searles are about to fight]
 * John Rawlins: [stepping in] All right! All right!
 * Trip: Hey, get your hands off me, gravedigger!
 * John Rawlins: Goddamn it! Does the whole world gotta stomp on your face?
 * Trip: Nigger, you better get your hands off me!
 * John Rawlins: Ain't no niggers around here, you hear me?
 * Trip: Oh, I see. So the white man give you a couple of stripes, next thing you hollerin' and orderin' everybody around, like you the massa hisself! Nigger, you ain't nothin' but the white man's dog! Shit.
 * John Rawlins: [slaps Trip in the face] And what are you? So full of hate you just want to go out and fight everybody because you've been whipped and chased by hounds. Well, that might not be living, but it sure as hell ain't dying. And dying's what these white boys been doin' for going on three years now, dying by the thousands! Dying for you, fool! I know, 'cuz I dug the graves. And all the time I'm diggin', I'm askin' myself, "When? When, O Lord, is it gonna be our time?" Well, time's comin' when we're gonna hafta ante up. Ante up and kick in like men. LIKE MEN! You watch who you callin' nigger. There's any niggers round here, it's YOU! Smart-mouthed, stupid-ass, swamp-runnin' nigger. If you ain't careful, that's all you ever gonna be.

 * General Charles Harker: Ah, Shaw. Sit down. [Shaw remains standing] Well, Colonel, what can I do for you?
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: You can give me and my regiment a transfer to combat command.
 * General Charles Harker: Couldn't do it, Colonel. You're much too valuable to my operations here.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: [after a long pause] May I sit? [Harker motions for Shaw to sit.] Thank you. [to Major Forbes] Major. [Shaw and Forbes both sit down] I've written a letter to my father, asking him to press Governor Andrew and President Lincoln. But I don't have to wait for all that, do I?
 * General Charles Harker: [to Colonel Montgomery] Colonel Montgomery, would you bring that ashtray over here?
 * [Colonel Montgomery stops playing the harpsichord and walks over to the desk with an ashtray. General Harker lights a cigar]
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: But valuable to your operations here, do you say? Your foraging, your depredations? Yes, I've become quite a student of your operations in this region. Thirty-four mansions, I think it was, pillaged and burned under Colonel Montgomery's expedition of the Combahee. Four thousand bales of cotton smuggled through the lines with payment to parties unknown, except by you. False quartermaster requisitions. Major Forbes here has seen the copies.
 * Major Cabot Forbes: Yes, indeed. Along with confiscated valuables shipped north as personal baggage.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Shall I go on?
 * General Charles Harker: Can you?
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: I can report you to the War Department. Oh, yes. I can do that.
 * General Charles Harker: [stands] Let you take your regiment out to fight. That's what you want, isn't it? Show what they can do.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: When?
 * General Charles Harker: [chuckles] You are bright-eyed, aren't you?
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: When?
 * General Charles Harker: Just as soon as I can write the orders.

 * [After the battle of Grimball's Landing, Shaw is walking amongst the dead and wounded, and comes across Thomas Searles, who has been shot]
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Thomas!
 * Thomas Searles: How do, Colonel?
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Hurts, doesn't it? [Searles nods] Well, I'm extremely jealous. You'll be back in Boston before me, stting by the fire, reading Hawthorne, decent cup of coffee.
 * Thomas Searles: I'm not going back.
 * Major Cabot Forbes: Thomas, listen to me. You're shot. You have to go back.
 * Thomas Searles: Robert, promise me that you won't send me back. Promise me!
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: All right. All right.

 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Trip, isn't it?
 * Trip: Yes, sir.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: You fought very well yesterday, Trip. Sergeant Rawlins has recommended that you receive a commendation.
 * Trip: Yes, sir.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Yes, and I think you should bear the regimental colors.
 * Trip: Well...
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: It's considered quite an honor. Why not?
 * Trip: Well, I'm...wanting to say somethin', sir, but I...
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Go ahead.
 * Trip: All right. See, um...I ain't fightin' this war for you, sir.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: I see.
 * Trip: I mean, what's the point? Ain't nobody gonna win. It's just gonna go on and on.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Can't go on forever.
 * Trip: Yeah, but ain't nobody gonna win, sir.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Somebody's gonna win.
 * Trip: Who? I mean, you get to go on back to Boston, big house and all that. What about us? What do we get?
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Well, you won't get anything if we lose. What do you want to do?
 * Trip: I don't know, sir.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: It stinks, I suppose.
 * Trip: Yeah, it stinks bad. And we all covered up in it. I mean, ain't nobody clean. Be nice to get clean though.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: How do we do that?
 * Trip: We ante up and kick in, sir. But I still don't want to carry your flag.

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 * General George Strong: [addressing his officers] No one will ever take Charleston without first silencing the forts which protect its harbor. And the first one that must be taken is that: Fort Wagner. [points to Fort Wagner in the distance] Wagner mounts a 10-inch Columbiad, three smoothbore 32-pounders, a 42-pound carronade, a 10-inch coast mortar, and four 12-pound howitzers, plus a garrison of about a thousand men. As many of you gentlemen may be aware, over the last four days, our Navy has weakened Wagner with a constant barrage. Headquarters has determined a time for our attack. We will proceed with a direct frontal assault tomorrow at dusk. The problem, gentlemen, is the approach. The ocean and the marsh leave only a narrow strip of sand, a natural defile through which we can only send one regiment at a time. Now our best hope is that leading regiment can keep the Rebs occupied long enough for reinforcements to exploit the breach. Needless to say, casualties in the leading regiment may be extreme.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: General Strong. The 54th Massachusetts requests the honor of leading the attack on Fort Wagner.
 * General George Strong: It's Colonel Shaw, isn't it?
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Yes, sir.
 * General George Strong: You and your men haven't slept in two days.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: That's right sir.
 * General George Strong: You think they have the strength to lead this charge?
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: There's more to fighting than rest, sir. There's character. There's strength of heart. You should have seen us in action two days ago. We were a sight to see! We'll be ready, sir. When do you want us?

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 * [The Regiment is assembled for the attack on Fort Wagner]
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Ought to be quite a show, Pierce.
 * Edward Pierce: Best seat in the house.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: I was wondering if you might do something for me. [hands Pierce letters] I have some letters here. Personal things.
 * Edward Pierce: Certainly, Colonel.
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Also, if I should fall... remember what you see here.

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 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: [points to the color-bearer] If this man should fall, who will lift the flag and carry on?
 * Thomas Searles: [steps forward] I will.
 * Soldiers: Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!!
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: I'll see you in the fort, Thomas.

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 * [Last lines]
 * Colonel Robert G. Shaw: [last words] Come on, Fifty-fourth! [but is shot]
 * Major Cabot Forbes: ROBERT!
 * [Shaw struggles forward, but is shot two more times and falls dead]
 * Trip: [gets up and take the flag from the dead Shaw] COME ON! [begins to carry the flag forward, but is shot and killed]
 * [Trip's courageous call increases the morale of all Union troops in the battle]
 * Major Cabot Forbes: CHARGE!
 * [All men charge uphill toward the Fort]

Cast

 * Matthew Broderick - Col. Robert Gould Shaw
 * Denzel Washington - Pvt. Trip
 * Cary Elwes - Maj. Cabot Forbes
 * Morgan Freeman - Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
 * Jihmi Kennedy - Pvt. Jupiter Sharts
 * Andre Braugher - Cpl. Thomas Searles
 * John Finn - Sgt. Maj. Mulcahy
 * Donovan Leitch - Capt. Charles Morse
 * JD Cullum - Henry Sturgis Russell
 * Alan North - Gov. John Andrew
 * Bob Gunton - Gen. Harker
 * Cliff De Young - Col. James M. Montgomery
 * Richard Riehle - Kendric, quartermaster
 * Raymond St. Jacques - Frederick Douglass

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Carrie (1976 film)

Carrie is a 1976 film about a shy, unpopular, friendless, and bullied 16-year old girl outcast who is sheltered by her abusive, domineering, and fanatically religious mother, and unleashes her telekinetic powers and kills everyone with them for humiliating her after being humiliated by her classmates for the last time at her senior prom.
 * Produced and directed by Brian De Palma. Written by Lawrence D. Cohen; Based on the novel by Stephen King.

If you got a taste for terror, than you have a date with Carrie. Taglines

Carrie White

 * [to Margaret White] (grabs her hair) SIT DOWN AND BE QUIET!
 * [to Margaret White] (tries to grab her hair) SIT DOWN, (grabs her hair and points her finger at Margaret White) you sit there mama and don't say a word 'til I'm goin', I'll be home early, I love you, mama.
 * [to the Principal] (gets angry) IT'S CARRIE! (flips and throws the ashtray on the floor with her powers)

Margaret White

 * [to Carrie, about Tommy Ross and everyone else] He's going to laugh at you, they're all going to laugh at you!

Dialogue

 * Margaret White: I'm here on the Lord's work, Mrs. Snell; spreadin' the gospel of God's salvation through Christ's blood!
 * Mrs. Snell: Yes, of course.
 * Margaret White: These are godless times, Mrs. Snell.
 * Mrs. Snell: I'll drink to that, Mrs. White, I like to contribute five... ten dollars.
 * Margaret White: I see. I pray you find Jesus.

 * Margaret White: I know you're listening, Carrie, come on downstairs!
 * Carrie White: [coming down from upstairs or closing the door, Margaret has called her down after the phone call she received] Momma, who is that? Who called?
 * Margaret White: You're a woman now.
 * Carrie White: Why didn't you tell me, Momma? I... [Margaret slaps Carrie's face begins to read a verse]
 * Margaret White: [reading from religious manual] And God made Eve from the rib of Adam, and Eve was weak and loosed the raven on the world, and the raven was called sin. (pause) Say it, the raven was called sin.
 * Carrie White: Why didn't you tell me, Momma?
 * Margaret White: Say it. [hits Carrie in the face] The raven was called sin. [hits her again]
 * Carrie White: No, Momma.
 * [Margaret hits her again]
 * Carrie White: And the raven was called sin!
 * Margaret White: And the first sin was intercourse, the first sin was intercourse.
 * Carrie White: I didn't sin, Momma.
 * Margaret White: Say it. [hits her again]
 * Carrie White: I didn't sin, Momma!
 * Margaret White: The first sin was intercourse, the first sin was intercourse, the first sin was intercourse.
 * Carrie White: And the first sin was intercourse, momma, I was so scared, I thought I was dying, and the girls... they all (everyone) laughed at me and threw tampons at me, momma.
 * Margaret White: [hits her again] And Eve was weak, say it, Carrie!
 * Carrie White: No!
 * Margaret White: Eve was weak!
 * Carrie White: NO!
 * Margaret White: Eve was weak, say it, woman!
 * Carrie White: NO, NO, MOMMA!
 * Margaret White: Say it!
 * Carrie White: And Eve was weak... Eve was weak!
 * Margaret White: And the Lord visited Eve with the curse, and the curse was the curse of the Christ's blood!
 * Carrie White: You should have told me, momma, You should've told me.
 * Margaret White: [kneels down and grabs Carrie's hands] Oh, Lord, help this sinning woman see the sin of her days and ways, show her that if she had remained sinless, this curse of the Christ's blood would never have come down on her!
 * Carrie White: No, momma, nooooo!
 * Margaret White: Don't lie to me, Carrieta, don't you know by now that I can see the inside of you?
 * Carrie White: Noooo.
 * Margaret White: I can see the sin as surely as God can!
 * Carrie White: Let me go, Momma, please, you're hurting me.
 * Margaret White: We'll pray.
 * Carrie White: No! No, Momma! No! NO! NO, NO,...LET ME GO! God, NOOOOO! NOOOOOOOOO!
 * [Margaret puts Carrie in the closet and locks the closet door]
 * Carrie White: [bangs on the door] OW, AH, GET OFF ME, MOMMAAAAAAA! LET ME GOOOOO, LET ME GOOOOO! LET ME OUUUT! [bangs on the door] MOMMA, LET ME OUT, please, momma, please, help me, MOMMA, GOD!

 * Chris Hargensen: She can't get away with this. I'm gonna get her.
 * Sue Snell: [groans] Let it go, Chris.
 * Chris Hargensen: Like hell, I will.
 * Miss Collins: One, two. One, two. One, two. The period's not up, Hargensen!
 * Chris Hargensen: It is for me!
 * Miss Collins: [to the girls] Keep running! Well, there are 10 minutes left.
 * Chris Hargensen: Stick 'em up your a...! [Miss Collins slaps her in the face, the girls gasp and Chris cries] YOU CAN'T HIT US! YOU'LL GET CANNED FOR THIS, YOU BITCH!
 * Miss Collins: ONE MORE WORD OUT OF YOU AND I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU DOWN, DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!
 * Chris Hargensen: SHE CAN'T GET AWAY WITH THIS IF WE ALL STICK TOGETHER, NORMA!
 * Miss Collins: KEEP RUNNING!
 * [Norma lowers her head and shakes her head 'no']
 * Chris Hargensen: Helen? [Helen shakes her head 'no'] SUE?!
 * Sue Snell: Shut up, Chris, just shut up.
 * Chris Hargensen: This isn't over! This isn't over by a LONG SHOT! [storms off]
 * Miss Collins: You're out of the prom, Hargensen! [turns back to the girls] Okay, the show's over, in place, run! One, two. One, two. One two.

 * Chris Hargensen: Don't be in such a hurry!
 * Billy Nolan: Don't be in such a hurry, I'm hurrying away from you, you know that?!
 * Chris Hargensen: No, you're not!
 * Billy Nolan: Have a pain right in the ass!

 * Chris Hargensen: I want you do something.
 * Billy Nolan: What?!
 * Chris Hargensen: Something important. [unzips Billy's pants and performs oral sex on him] Oh, Billy. Billy. Oh, Billy. Oh, Billy. Billy. Oh, Billy. Oh. Oh, Billy. I hate Carrie White.
 * Billy Nolan: Who?!

 * [The thunderstorm is heard]
 * Margaret White: Carrie, you haven't touched your apple cake.
 * Carrie White: It gives me pimples, Momma.
 * Margaret White: Pimples are the Lord's way of chastising you.
 * Carrie White: [after long pause] Momma?
 * Margaret White: Yeah.
 * Carrie White: Momma, please say that I've to try and get along with people better.
 * Margaret White: [giggles] What are you going on about, Carrie?
 * Carrie White: I've been invited to the prom.
 * Margaret White: [long pause, then looking sternly at Carrie] Prom?
 * Carrie White: Yeah, the prom... everyone's goin'.
 * Margaret White: It was that teacher that called, wasn't it?
 * Carrie White: Please see that I'm not like you, Momma, I'm funny... I mean, all the kids think I'm funny I don't wanna be. I wanna be normal. I wanna start to try me, a whole person before it's too late for me!
 * [Margaret throws tea on her face and Carrie wipes it off.]
 * Carrie White: His (Carrie's boyfriend's) name is Tommy Ross, and he's a very nice boy, Momma...
 * Margaret White: No.
 * Carrie White: and he promised to come in and meet you--
 * Margaret White: I said no.
 * Carrie White: and he'd have me home by midnight and--
 * Margaret White: No. [Carrie bangs the table] No, no, no!
 * Carrie White: I ACCEPT IT, MOMMA! I ACCEPT, MOMMA, I accepted!
 * Margaret White: Go to your closet!
 * Carrie White: No.
 * Margaret White: [pause] After all, you've been taught, Carrie!
 * Carrie White: Everyone ain't bad, Momma. Everything ain't no sin!
 * Margaret White: Go to your closet and pray, ask to be forgiven.
 * Carrie White: He's a nice boy, momma, We like you, mama, You'll like him.
 * Margaret White: Boys? [laughs and claps] The boys, the boys? Yes, the boys. [The thunderstorm is heard] After the blood, comes the boys like sniffing dogs, grinning and slobbering and trying to find out where that smell comes from!
 * Carrie White: Momma, momma, make it stop, momma.
 * Margaret White: Where that smell has that smell! Listen, I know where they take them, because I've seen it all right! Well, you're not going.
 * Carrie White: Already said I would.
 * Margaret White: Tell that boy you're not going, or we're gonna move from here!
 * Carrie White: No.
 * Margaret White: We're gonna move from here and you'll never see that boy again. The rain's coming in. I'm gonna close the window.
 * Carrie White: [crying] Please sit and talk with me. momma, I'll get him, PLEASE, SIT DOWN AND TALK TO ME! [Carrie's telekenetic powers make shades/windows/doors closed and the thunderstorm is heard again] I'm going, momma, things are gonna change around here.
 * Margaret White: Witch, Got Satan's Power.
 * Carrie White: [crying] There's nothing to do with Satan, Momma, it's me, me, if I concentrate hard enough, I can move things.

 * Margaret White: You must renounce this power, you must give it up, you must never use it.
 * Carrie White: I'm going momma, you can't stop me, and I don't wanna talk about it anymore.

 * Margaret White: [referring to Carrie's prom gown] Red. I might have known it would be red.
 * Carrie White: It's pink, Momma. [presenting her corsage] Look what Tommy gave me, Mama, aren't they beautiful?
 * Margaret White: I can see your dirty pillows, everyone will.
 * Carrie White: Breasts, Mama. They're called breasts, and every woman has them.

 * Billy Nolan: That Carrie White, she sure is cute.
 * Chris Hargensen: Shut up, Billy!
 * Billy Nolan: I thought you said they (Carrie/Tommy) were gonna win.
 * Chris Hargensen: They will, it won't even be close, I called in a few favors.

 * Carrie White: It was bad, Mama, they laughed at me, hold me, Momma, please hold me.
 * Margaret White: I should've killed myself when he put it in me. After the first time, before we were married, Ralph promised never again. He promised and I believed him, but sin never dies,... sin never dies, at first it was all right, we lived sinlessly. We slept in the same bed, but we never did it. And then, that night, I saw him looking down at me that way. We got down on our knees to pray for strength. I smelled the whiskey on his breath. Then he took me. He took me, with the filthy roadhouse whiskey on his breath, and I liked it. I liked it, with all that dirty touching of his hands all over me. I should've given you to God when you were born, but I was weak and backsliding, and now the devil has come home. We'll pray.
 * Carrie White: Yes.
 * Margaret White: We'll pray. we'll pray. we'll pray for the last time, we'll pray.

Taglines

 * You were warned never to push Carrie to the limits, now you must face the evil consequences!
 * Take Carrie to the prom, I dare you!
 * If you've got a taste for terror... take Carrie to the prom.
 * If only they knew she had the power.
 * If you have a taste for terror, you have a date with Carrie.
 * If The Exorcist made you shudder, Carrie will make you scream.
 * You will know her name.
 * Say your prayers.

Cast

 * Sissy Spacek - Carrie White
 * Piper Laurie - Margaret White
 * Amy Irving - Sue Snell
 * William Katt - Tommy Ross
 * Betty Buckley - Miss Collins
 * Nancy Allen - Chris Hargensen
 * John Travolta - Billy Nolan
 * P. J. Soles - Norma Watson

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The Naked Gun

The Naked Gun is a series of comedy movies. The three films (The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, and Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult) chronicle the adventures of Nielsen's character, the bumbling police detective Lieutenant Frank Drebin.
 * Directed by David Zucker. Written by Jerry Zucker.

Frank Drebin

 * [after subduing a group of terrorists] I'm Lt. Frank Drebin, Police Squad! And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!

 * My name is Sgt. Frank Drebin, Detective Lieutenant Police Squad.

 * It's true what they say: Cops and women don't mix. It's like eating a spoonful of Drano. Sure, it'll clean you out, but it'll leave you hollow inside.

Dialogue

 * Ludwig: Drebin!
 * Jane: Frank!
 * Frank: You're both right.

 * [after Frank is relieved of duty, Ed looks at the newspapers in dismay]
 * Ed: It's disgusting the way they splash this stuff all over the newspapers! What is journalism coming to? You're laying on top of the queen with her legs wrapped around you. And they call that news. They can't kick you off the force, Frank! It's just not fair!
 * Frank: I know, Ed. Life isn't always fair. Just think. The next time I shoot someone, I could be arrested.
 * [he looks through his files and finds a piece of evidence]
 * Frank: Hey! Look at that. The missing evidence in the Kelner case. My God! He was innocent!
 * Ed: He went to the chair 2 years ago, Frank.
 * [Frank defeatedly discards the evidence and all his files into the file cabinet]
 * Frank: Well, what's the use?

 * [after Ludwig has been hit with a tranquilizer dart, and falls off the building, Frank and Ed watch as he gets run over by a bus and steam roller, and trampled by a passing marching band]
 * Ed: [sobs] Oh, Frank! It's horrible. That's so horrible!
 * Frank: [comforts his boss] I know, Ed.
 * Ed: My father went the same way.

 * Mayor: Drebin, I don't want any more trouble like you had last year on the southside. Understand? That's my policy.
 * Frank: Yes. Well, when I see 5 weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards. That's my policy.
 * Mayor: That was a Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar, you moron! You killed 5 actors! Good ones!

 * Frank: Ludwig?!
 * Goon: Drebin!
 * Frank: Yeah, I'm Drebin!
 * Goon: I have a message for ya from Vincent Ludwig!
 * [he fires his gun]
 * Goon: Take that, you lousy cop!
 * Frank: I'm sorry! I can't hear ya! Don't fire the gun while you're talking!

 * [Frank seems to look up Jane's skirt as she climbs a ladder to the attic right in front of him]
 * Frank: Nice beaver.
 * Jane: Thank you. I just had it stuffed. [hands him a stuffed beaver]
 * Frank: Let me help you with that.

 * Jane: Frank, this is Quentin Hapsburg of the Hexagon Oil Company.
 * Hapsburg: Pleased to meet you, Mr....
 * Frank: [shakes hands w/Hapsburg] Drebin. Frank Drebin. I believe I've used some of your restrooms.
 * Hapsburg: I'm sure you have.
 * Frank: Are you, in some way, connected with the institute?
 * Hapsburg: Well, not officially, but as a matter of fact, Jane and I have been seeing quite a lot of each other lately. [to Jane] How's my little hell cat?
 * Frank: Well, that's great. I've been dating too. Nice girl. An author. She wrote the book on male sexual dysfunction. You've probably read it.
 * Hapsburg: I beg your pardon?
 * Jane: Frank, please.
 * Frank: Oh, it's all right. I'm sure we can handle this situation maturely, just like the responsible adults that we are. Isn't that right, Mr. Poopy Pants?
 * Hapsburg: [furiously] That does it!

 * [Rocco, with his activated bomb in hand, is sent flying out of the academy awards towards Pahpshmir's helicopter]
 * Rocco: I'm comin', Ma!
 * [he suddenly crashes into the lavatory of the helicopter, much to Pahpshmir's surprise]
 * Pahpshmir: Rocco?!
 * Rocco: Pahpshmir?!
 * [the bomb detonates, destroying Rocco, Pahpshmir, and the helicopter]

 * Mayor: [looks through a list of Frank's actions in Ludwig's office the previous night] Entering without a search warrant, destroying property, arson, sexual assault with a concrete dildo? What the hell were you doing there in the first place?

 * Frank: [sings] Oh say can you see / By the dawn's early light / What so proudly we hail / In the twilight's last gleaming? / Whose bright stripes and broad stars / In the perilous night / For the ramparts we watched / uh, da-da-da-da-da-daaaa. / And the rocket's red glare / Lots of bombs in the air / Gave proof to the night / That we still had our flag. / Oh say does that flag banner wave / Over a-a-all that's free / And the home of the land / And the land of the --
 * Policeman: Freeze!

 * Frank: [presents his speech] I want a world where Frank Junior and all the Frank Juniors can sit under a shade tree, breathe the air, swim in the ocean, and go into a 7-Eleven without an interpreter. I want a world where I can eat a sea otter without getting sick! I want a world where the democrats will put somebody up there worth voting for! I may not get there with you, but most of all, I want a world where I can wake up each morning with this woman, whom I love!

 * Ed: We got a little surprise for ya. It's in honor of your 30 years on the force. Nordberg?
 * [Nordberg unveils a frame with Frank's name, uniform, and equipment mounted on it; all at Police Squad applaud Frank]
 * Frank: Oh, boy. This is really great. Thank you, guys!
 * Nordberg: We thought it might cheer you up. We heard about you and Jane.
 * Frank: Jane, Jane. That name will always remind me of her.
 * Ed: Frank, I feel really bad about all this. If there's anything that you need...
 * Nordberg: Like Dr. Kevorkian's home phone number?
 * Ed: [hands Nordberg a puzzle] Nordberg, put it together.

 * Muriel: How's my little boy? Gettin' along okay, sweetie?
 * Rocco: 'Bout as well as a heterosexual can in prison. I don't know how much longer I can take it in here. Ma, how's Tanya?
 * Muriel: Tanya's the same. Milky, creamy skin, pouting red lips, firm buttocks, ample breasts, ears you just love to stick your tongue into.
 * Rocco: Ma, please! I'm gonna get guy cramps if you keep this up!
 * Muriel: Sorry.

Cast

 * Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin
 * Priscilla Presley as Jane Spencer
 * Ricardo Montalbán as Vincent Ludwig
 * George Kennedy as Capt. Ed Hocken
 * O. J. Simpson as Det. Nordberg

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There was some confusion because of your edits to the links at Buckminster Fuller, which were briefly reverted. Many spammers post links here and your edits were initially mistaken for these. It is helpful to make a comment such as "updating links" in the summary box to avoid such confusions. ~ Achilles † 20:26, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
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Jim Fowler

Jim Fowler (April 9, 1930 – May 8, 2019) was an American zoologist and host of the Emmy Award-winning television show Wild Kingdom''.

Quotes

 * The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans. Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of the earth's ecosystem, and we must learn to respect and live according to the basic biological laws of nature.
 *

 * Almost all of the social tragedies occurring around the world today are caused by ignoring the basic biological laws of nature ... The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.
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