Riley Poole:
[leaving Abigail's office after unsuccessfully trying to convince her about potential theft the Declaration of Independence]
If it's any consolation, you had me convinced.
Ben Gates:
It's not.
Riley Poole:
I was thinking, what if we go public, plaster the story all over the internet? It's not like we have our reputations to worry about. Although, I don't think that's exactly gonna scare Ian away.
Ben Gates:
[standing in front of the Declaration of Independence]
180 years of searching, and I'm three feet away. Of all the words written here about freedom, there's a line here that's at the heart of all the others. "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and provide new Guards for their future security."
[pause]
Ben Gates:
People don't talk that way anymore.
Riley Poole:
Beautiful, huh? I have no idea what you said.
Ben Gates:
It means if there's something something wrong, those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.
[pause]
Ben Gates:
I'm gonna steal it.
Riley Poole:
[laughs]
What?
Ben Gates:
I'm gonna steal the Declaration of Independence.
[walks away]
Riley Poole:
[laughs, then follows Ben]
Uh, Ben?