You know the scene in "The Verdict" where Paul Newman's character (Frank Galvin) with the most real human frailty ever depicted in cinema, confronts the jury and the world stating,"You know, so much of the time we're just lost. We say, "Please, God, tell us what is right; tell us what is true." And there is no justice: the rich win, the poor are powerless. We become tired of hearing people lie. And after a time, we become dead... a little dead. We think of ourselves as victims... and we become victims. We become... we become weak. We doubt ourselves, we doubt our beliefs. We doubt our institutions. And we doubt the law. But today you are the law. You ARE the law. Not some book... not the lawyers... not the, a marble statue... or the trappings of the court. See those are just symbols of our desire to be just. They are... they are, in fact, a prayer: a fervent and a frightened prayer. In my religion, they say, "Act as if ye had faith... and faith will be given to you." IF... if we are to have faith in justice, we need only to believe in ourselves. And ACT with justice. See, I believe there is justice in our hearts."
I want to thank the jury for not letting us as a people of these United States become powerless and weak. We all need a little more justice in our hearts.
I want to thank the jury for not letting us as a people of these United States become powerless and weak. We all need a little more justice in our hearts.
Please look back to my string of tirades on this issue, sort of fun historical progression.
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