John Adams (TV Mini Series)
Join or Die (2008)
Paul Giamatti: John Adams
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Quotes
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[John Adams has agreed to defend Captain Thomas Preston and the Boston Soldiers]
Samuel Adams : You haven't much of a case, John.
John Adams : Do I not?
Samuel Adams : No Boston Jury will ever vote for aquittal.
John Adams : Thank you for your kind advice, Sam.
Samuel Adams : This is not a time for showing how clever you are, cousin.
[Approaches John and hands him a pamphlet]
Samuel Adams : This is a time for choosing sides.
John Adams : I am for the law, cousin. Is there another side?
Samuel Adams : [shouts to the crowd while John looks at the pamphlet depicting the Boston Massacre] There are those who fight for our rights as natural-born Englishmen, and those that would strip us of those rights!
John Adams : I do not have the luxury of your birth or your purse, Sam, to spend my days fomenting dissension.
[Calls out to Samuel]
John Adams : I intend to prove this colony is governed by law. Whatever you or your Sons of Liberty may say on the matter!
Samuel Adams : We're all Sons of Liberty here.
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[John Adams and Samuel Adams watch as a British Customs Official is being tarred and feathered by an angry Boston mob]
John Adams : Do you approve of this?
Samuel Adams : People are hurt when they fight for what is rightfully theirs!
John Adams : Do you approve of brutal and illegal acts to enforce a political principle, Sam? Answer Me That, Can You?
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John Adams : [to Sam adams] I am for the law, cousin. Is there another side?