Death Wish (1974)
Charles Bronson: Paul Kersey
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Quotes
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Paul Kersey : Nothing to do but cut and run, huh? What else? What about the old American social custom of self-defense? If the police don't defend us, maybe we ought to do it ourselves.
Jack Toby : We're not pioneers anymore, Dad.
Paul Kersey : What are we, Jack?
Jack Toby : What do you mean?
Paul Kersey : I mean, if we're not pioneers, what have we become? What do you call people who, when they're faced with a condition or fear, do nothing about it. They just run and hide?
Jack Toby : Civilized?
Paul Kersey : No.
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Paul Kersey : [Kersey confronts the mugger who wounded him in the leg] Hey!
[the mugger faces Kersey and knows Kersey has the drop on him]
Paul Kersey : Fill your hand.
Mugger : [puzzled, evidently not familiar with the old-West metaphor] Huh?
Paul Kersey : Draw.
[Kersey passes out and the mugger flees]
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Frank Ochoa : We want you to get out of New York... permanently.
Paul Kersey : [pause] Inspector... By sundown?
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Ames Jainchill : You're probably one of them knee-jerk liberals thinks us gun boys will shoot our guns because it's an extension of our penises.
Paul Kersey : Never thought about it that way. It could be true.
Ames Jainchill : Well, maybe it is, but this is gun country.
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Sam Kreutzer : [Paul and Sam listen to a police statement on the news] I'll bet muggings are down. They're afraid to tell us.
Paul Kersey : There's only one way to find out. Take a walk on Columbus Avenue tonight.
Sam Kreutzer : Thanks a lot, Paul. I think I'll wait for the official report.
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Jack Toby : We gotta let the cops handle this, Dad!
Paul Kersey : Yeah?
[squint]
Paul Kersey : Well, what if the cops can't handle this, Jack?
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Paul Kersey : Is... any chance of catching these men?
Lt. Briggs : There's a chance, sure.
Paul Kersey : Just a chance?
Lt. Briggs : I'd be less than honest if I gave you more hope, Mr. Kersey. In the city, that's the way it is.
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Paul Kersey : You've got a prime figure. You really have, you know.
Joanna Kersey : That's a euphemism for fat.
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Sam Kreutzer : [Sam complains about the crime situation in the city] You know, decent people are going to have to work here and live somewhere else.
Paul Kersey : By "decent people," you mean people who can afford to live somewhere else.
Sam Kreutzer : Oh Christ, you are such a bleeding-heart liberal, Paul.
Paul Kersey : My heart bleeds a little for the underprivileged, yes.
Sam Kreutzer : The underprivileged are beating our goddamned brains out. You know what I say? Stick them in concentration camps, that's what I say.