Coup de torchon Quotes

Le Peron: The brothel's throwing a party for the new colonel. Got any prisoners who can wait on table?
Lucien Cordier: You know I never arrest anyone unless I have to. I have enough troubles of my own.
Leonelli: What good is an empty prison?

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Lucien Cordier: We've got to laugh in this world, or else we'd shoot ourselves.

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Lucien Cordier: I'm not a policeman, George. I'm Jesus Christ in person, sent here with a load of crosses, each bigger than the next.
George Le Peron: I see.
Lucien Cordier: I try to save the innocent but there aren't any. All crimes are collective. We contribute to each other's crimes. We all shot your brother. And maybe I did a bit more than my share.

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Marcel Chevasson: Next time your two pimps start up, kick 'em as hard as you can in the balls.
Lucien Cordier: But that'll hurt a lot!
Marcel Chevasson: You gotta have good shoes...
Paulo: ...with no holes in the toes.

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[Marcel Chevasson is bragging about how he dealt with two offenders]
Marcel Chevasson: Where do you think they are now?
Lucien Cordier: In jail?
Marcel Chevasson: Someday you'll learn a coffin costs the state less than a man in a cell, old chum.

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[Rose has just killed Huguette and Nono]
Rose: You saw everything?
Lucien Cordier: Let's say I heard everything.
Rose: And you did nothing?
Lucien Cordier: Why should I have done something?
Rose: Why... to stop me.
Lucien Cordier: It wasn't up to me to stop you. It was up to you, to Huguette, Nono, Marcaillou. If I put temptation in front of you, it's not a reason to use it. I just help folks reveal their true character. It's a dirty job, Rose. And I deserve all the dirty pleasure I get out of it.
Rose: You're not ashamed?
Lucien Cordier: Part of my job is enjoying other folks' misery.

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