Mark Rylance Quotes

Bobby Seale You've all got the same father, right? Cut your hair, don't be a fag, respect authority, respect America - respect me. Your life, it's a fuck-you to your father, right? A little?

Tom Hayden Maybe.

Bobby Seale Maybe. And you can see how that's different from a rope on a tree?

Tom Hayden Yeah.

Bobby Seale Yeah. He was shot in the shoulder first. You can't aim a gun if you've been shot in the shoulder, you can't squeeze the trigger. Second shot was in his head. Fred was executed. Anything else?

William Kunstler No.

Ramsey Clark I'm in private practice now, and if John Mitchell wants to cut me in half, he can and he will.

Tom Hayden You have to find some... Sir, you have to find some courage now.

Ramsey Clark Find some courage? Yeah.

Tom Hayden Yes. You have to find some courage, and...

Leonard Weinglass Tom.

Ramsey Clark That's what those two men came to tell me, that if John Mitchell wants to cut me in half, he can and he will. So I wanted them in the room when I said When do you want me in court?

Howard Ackerman Mr. Clark?

William Kunstler I'm sorry?

Ramsey Clark Swear me in, Bill.

Howard Ackerman It is against the law for you to testify, Ramsey. It is as simple as that.

Ramsey Clark It's General Clark. And arrest me or shut the fuck up. Found some.

James Donovan Aren't you worried?

Rudolf Abel Would it help?

Shivering Soldier You haven't turned around.

Mr. Dawson No, we have a job to do.

Shivering Soldier Job? This is a pleasure yacht. You're weekend sailors, you're not the bloody Navy. A man your age?

Mr. Dawson Men my age dictate this war. Why should we be allowed to send our children to fight it?

Shivering Soldier You should be at home!

Mr. Dawson Well, there won't be any home if we allow a slaughter across the Channel.

Rudolf Abel What's the next move when you don't know what the game is?

James Donovan You have been charged with three counts and nineteen overt acts. Conspiracy to transmit United States defence and atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, conspiracy to gather secrets, and failing to register as a foreign agent.

Rudolf Abel Do many foreign agents register?

William Kunstler Do you know why you're on trial here?

Abbie Hoffman We carried certain ideas across state lines. Not machine guns or drugs or little girls. Ideas. When we crossed from New York to New Jersey to Pennsylvania to Ohio to Illinois, we had certain ideas. And for that, we were gassed, beaten, arrested, and put on trial.

James Donovan Were you beaten?

Rudolf Abel No. I was talked to. Offers were made.

William Kunstler Of course, because you took that black guy and you made him a sympathetic character.

Judge Julius Hoffman Mr. Kunstler, I have lived a a very long time, sir, and you're the first person ever to suggest that I have discriminated against a black man!

Leonard Weinglass Then let the record show that I am the second.

James Donovan The death sentence is not a foregone conclusion. Don't worry.

Rudolf Abel I'm not afraid to die, Mr. Donovan. Although, it wouldn't be my first choice.

Rudolf Abel Would it help?

William Kunstler Maybe you don't want to call it the Conspiracy Office.

Bernadine They understand the irony, and appreciate the humor.

William Kunstler I wouldn't count on it.

Bernadine Most people are smart, Bill.

William Kunstler Well, if you believe that, you'll get your heart broken every day of your life.

Abbie Hoffman This is a political trial—that was already decided for us. Ignoring that reality is just weird to me.

William Kunstler There are civil trials, and there are criminal trials. There's no such thing as a political trial.

Abbie Hoffman Okay...

Rudolf Abel Well, the boss isn't always right. But, he's always the boss.

Rudolf Abel Standing there like that you reminded me of the man that used to come to our house when I was young. My father used to say: "watch this man". So I did. Every time he came. And never once did he do anything remarkable.

James Donovan And I remind you of him?

Rudolf Abel This one time, I was at the age of your son, our house was overrun by partisan border guards. Dozens of them. My father was beaten, my mother was beaten, and this man, my father's friend, he was beaten. And I watched this man. Every time they hit him, he stood back up again. So they hit him harder. Still he got back to his feet. I think because of this they stopped the beating. They let him live. Stoikiy muzhik'. I remember them saying. . Which sort of means like uh, standing man'... standing man...

Abbie Hoffman In 1861, ] said in his inaugural address: When the people shall grow weary of their constitutional right to amend their government, they shall exert their revolutionary right to dismember and overthrow that government. And if Lincoln had given that speech in Lincoln Park last summer, he'd be put on trial with the rest of us.

William Kunstler So, how do you overthrow or dismember, as you say, your government peacefully?

Abbie Hoffman In this country, we do it every four years.

Congressman Tenant What is that thing?

Peter Isherwell I believe that's called a Bronteroc.

Sir Thomas Boleyn Alright, now, open!

Sir Thomas Boleyn I am to become an earl, your brother a viscount. In addition, we have received a number of new grants and estates, so are debts are paid and there's more: George, the king will arrange a match between you and Jane Parker.

George Boleyn I beg you father, no.

Sir Thomas Boleyn I thought you had ambitions for this family. The girl is well connected, her father is cousin to the king.

George Boleyn Must I actually marry her?

Sir Thomas Boleyn Of course you must marry her. Have you no pride? Or would you rather leave everything to Mary?

William Kunstler We've dealt with jury tampering, wiretapping, a defendant that was literally gagged, and a judge who's been handing down rulings from the bench that would be considered wrong in Honduras, so I'm a little less interested in the law than I was when this trial began.

Yule Dr. Mindy, can I be vulnerable in your car?

Yule Dearest Father and Almighty Creator, we ask for Your grace tonight, despite our pride. Your forgiveness, despite our doubt. Most of all, Lord, we ask for Your love to soothe us through these dark times. May we face whatever is to come in Your divine will with courage and open hearts of acceptance. Amen.

Benedict Drask You'll never take me alive!

Peter Isherwell Whatever you do, don't pet them...