Mississippi Quotes

Clayton Townley: In the courts of Mississippi, they have been reminded, that they cannot, by force, turn our communities into replicas of their communities... communities in which negroes run riot, unrestrained and unpunished, as they do this summer in the streets of Harlem, or they do in the streets of Oakland, or they do in the STREETS OF CHICAGO!

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Gambler #1: Four aces.
Commodore Jackson: Huh?
Gambler #2: That's funny... I've got four aces.
Commodore Jackson: Oh, don't tell me. [starting to worry]
Gambler #1: [brandishing a pistol] There's only four aces in the deck and the man that holds the first four wins.

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George Ritchie: Bixby and Ealer now, midnight's as good as daylight for them. If they ain't got a moon to steer by, they use lightnin' bugs.

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Jammubhai: I'm ashamed of you! I am so ashamed of you!
Anil: [referring to Meena's family] Why do you always take their side? I worked hard for this motel and I am *not* running a charity!
Jammubhai: Anil, you have become American.
Anil: So what? I'm living in America! You don't like it? Then go back to India!

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Jammubhai: I'm ashamed of you! I am so ashamed of you!
Anil: Why do you always take their [Meena's family's]
Anil: side? I worked hard for this motel and I am NOT running a charity!
Jammubhai: Anil, you have become American.
Anil: So what? I'm living in America! You don't like it? Then go back to India!

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Ward: Some things are worth dying for.
Anderson: Down here, things are different; here, they believe that some things are worth killing for.

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