Don't think it is far away from you, it just stares at you silently not far away

Cheyanne 2022-08-07 23:03:42

"I am not just defending him, I am defending the law"

"When I stand in the position of my client and insist that he gets a fair trial, I am not just defending him, I am defending you, me, and everyone."

"We swear that we support and defend the Constitution"

"Will you do your best to seek justice in this world? And treat everyone with the dignity that humans are born with?"

"In my hometown, we know not to trust the police. We know that the law is corrupt. We know that the government uses fear to control us. I moved to Germany when I was a teenager. This is the first time I have experienced living in a place where people are not afraid of the police. In places where they believe the law will protect them. For me and many people in the world, the United States is like this."

We have to rely on the system to protect ourselves. Without a reliable system, anyone can become the next Mauritanian, including you!

We also need lawyers and judges who are not afraid of power, public opinion, and justice.

Don't think it is far away from you, it just stares at you silently not far away

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The Mauritanian quotes

  • Nancy Hollander: You can't win a case if you don't believe your own shit.

  • Teri Duncan: Fuck... he fucking confessed.

    Nancy Hollander: To what?

    Teri Duncan: To everything. To financing 911, to hijacking the planes, he fucking ordered spreadsheets, inner workings of Al Qu'aida. Why didn't he tell us that he confessed?

    Nancy Hollander: That's not the first time in history that a client's lied to his lawyers.

    Teri Duncan: Look at this, look at his one - he admits to acquiring explosives to blow up LAFs. The millennium plot?

    Nancy Hollander: What's your point?

    Teri Duncan: He's guilty! He's fucking guilty!

    Nancy Hollander: [shrugs] Maybe he is. He still has a right to counsel.

    Teri Duncan: I'm not saying he doesn't, I'm saying that he helped to kill 3000 civilians and we're doing everything we can to get him out.

    Nancy Hollander: We're doing our job.

    Teri Duncan: I did bake sales for his legal fund! That's not a part of my job. My dad told me I'm not welcome home for thanksgiving, that's not a part of my job.

    Nancy Hollander: Get out.

    Teri Duncan: What?

    Nancy Hollander: You want turkey and pumpkin pie with mom and dad and uncle Joe? Go on, get out. Go home. You can't win a case if you don't believe your own shit.

    Teri Duncan: I'm not trying to...

    Nancy Hollander: [interrups] Stop fucking wasting my time! Get out.