The pursuit of justice does not stop

Jace 2022-04-19 09:01:29

After watching this movie, my heart is very depressed. We always talk about others violating our rights, but what happens when the violator becomes the state? The state and citizens are not equal in real society. Because the state is in a higher position, it becomes easier to violate the rights of citizens. Just like what happened to Dean in "The Enemy of the State", in his own complete Unwittingly, his various secrets were released to the public and forced to become involved in the conspiracy of officials. As a relatively abstract concept, when we talk about the infringement of public power, how does the country carry out the infringement? There is a key group of people here - people who assist the operation of the state machine. These people hold the power entrusted by the people to the state, and they can use their power to violate the power of citizens to satisfy their personal desires. Just as the powerful man in the film murdered a congressman for his own personal gain, and privately used public power to search for Dean's flesh, causing Dean to lose almost everything he had worked so hard for, you know In the United States, a country where ethnic discrimination is deeply rooted, it is not easy for blacks to obtain a higher social status. Such people also exist widely in our country. Some government officials oppress the common people in various ways because they are the director of so-and-so or the minister of so-and-so. Fortunately, in recent years, our country has widely carried out a special struggle to "sweep the evil and eliminate evil". I have also felt the convenience of life, unlike in the past when people talked about going to a state agency to do something, they needed to find a relationship first, and they wanted to do things through human relationships first. As the saying goes: "Power is a double-edged sword." How should we exercise the sword of power for the better? The answer is in the cage of the system. Regulate the exercise of the state's public power through the system, that is, as long as the law does not stipulate, the public power cannot do it. Only in this way will the rights of our citizens not be wantonly violated by the state, and we can keep our rights. Of course, it is not advisable to rely on the country itself to resist. We should also take the initiative and be vigilant when we find that our rights have been violated. Like Dean in the film, he made full use of his own wisdom and the help of others to resist this kind of violation, and he did not stop on the way to pursue justice, and be a shimmer of justice.

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Enemy of the State quotes

  • Silverberg: Bob. We we're told to look back on your files as far as the electrician strike. We believe that you helped a man named Sam Velotti form a company called Zurich.

    Blake: We also found out about your connection with the Peitzo family.

    Robert Clayton Dean: Well, that's true.

    Silverberg: You're admitting to it?

    Robert Clayton Dean: Sure. Everything except forming a company called Zurich, or knowing anybody who is named Sam Velotti, or having any connection, whatsoever to the Peitzo family. This is Ridiculous.

    Silverberg: Bob we're trying...

    Robert Clayton Dean: [Interrupting] Wait, wait. This is Pintero, he's coming after me. You give me 1 week, 1 week and 4 people from litigation, and I can guarantee you, we can have this guy begging us...

    Blake: [Interrupting] Tell us abut Rachael Banks.

    Robert Clayton Dean: I'll tell you what. Rachael, was my girlfriend in my second year of law school, we still remain in close contact, and we swap information from time to time.

    Blake: Did you have an affair with her 4 years ago?

    Robert Clayton Dean: Ever beat off in the shower, Brian? Ever had any homosexual thoughts?

    Silverberg: Bob, that's...

    Robert Clayton Dean: [Interrupting] None of my fuckin' business. You're damn right it's not. I love my wife and I love my son, "absolutely" with no equivocations, and that's none of your fuckin' business either.

    Silverberg: Bob, we believe that you should take a leave of abscence on this, until we straighten this out.

    Robert Clayton Dean: Are you firing me?

    Silverberg: I think you just fired yourself.

  • Carla Dean: Hello?

    Robert Clayton Dean: [calling from a payphone] Carla, don't hang up.

    Carla Dean: Robert, you know what I'm looking at? Pictures of you and Rachel taken today.

    Robert Clayton Dean: Where did you get those photographs?

    Carla Dean: My messager Robert, my messager.

    Robert Clayton Dean: Listen honey, I think something's going on and I'm...

    Carla Dean: Robert, I went to the store today, and my money and credit cards didn't work. I couldn't buy food.

    Robert Clayton Dean: [looking at Brill, who mouths "Fuck you" to Robert] Yeah, mine too. I gotta go.

    Carla Dean: What do you mean you gotta go?

    Robert Clayton Dean: I, I gotta go.

    [hangs up]