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“We carried certain ideas across state lines. Not machine guns or drugs or little girls. Ideas. When we crossed from New York to New Jersey to Pennsylvania to Ohio to Illinois, we had certain ideas. And for that, we were gassed, beaten, arrested, and put on trial.”
— Abbie Hoffman, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: Ideas, Trial
“Tom Hayden: What is that?

Rennie Davis: I've been keeping a list every day. Americans who've been killed since the day we were arrested.

Tom Hayden: Why?

Rennie Davis: With the trial starting, it might get easy to forget who this is about.”
— Rennie Davis, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: List, Americans, Trial
“Are we using the trial to defend ourselves against very serious charges that could land us in prison for ten years, or to say a pointless 'fuck you' to the establishment?”
— Tom Hayden, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: Trial, charges, Establishment
“We've dealt with jury tampering, wiretapping, a defendant that was literally gagged, and a judge who's been handing down rulings from the bench that would be considered wrong in Honduras, so I'm a little less interested in the law than I was when this trial began.”
— William Kunstler, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: Jury, Tamper, Trial
“Give me a moment, would you, friend? I've never been on trial for my thoughts before.”
— Abbie Hoffman, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: moment, Friend, Trial, Thoughts
“This is a political trial that was already decided for us. Ignoring that reality is just weird to me.”
— Abbie Hoffman, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Tagged: political, Trial, Reality
“Donald Trump acquitted in second impeachment trial.”
— CNN, Trump impeachment trial and vote: Live coverage and news from the Senate
Tagged: Impeachment, Trump, Trial
“Elle: [Elle is cross-examining Chutney Windham] Ms. Windham, what had you done earlier that day?

Chutney Windham: I got up. Got a latte. Went to the gym. Got a perm and came home.

Elle: Where you got in the shower?

The Honorable Marina R. Bickford: I believe the witness has made it clear that she was in the shower.

[Courtroom audience laughs]

Elle: Yes, your Honor.

Elle: [a sudden brainstorm comes over Elle] Ms. Windham, had you ever gotten a perm before?

Chutney Windham: Yes.

Chutney Windham: Two a year since I was 12. You do the math.

Elle: You know, a girl in my sorority, Tracy Marcinco, got a perm once. We all tried to talk her out of it. Curls weren’t a good look for her. She didn’t have your bone structure, but thankfully that same day she entered the Pheta Delta Phi wet T-shirt contest where she was completely hosed to down from head to toe...

DA Joyce Rafferty: Objection, why is this relevant?

Elle: I have a point, I promise.

The Honorable Marina R. Bickford: Then make it.

Elle: Chutney, why is it Tracy Marcinco’s curls were ruined when she got hosed down?

Chutney Windham: Because they got wet.

Elle: Exactly. Because isn’t the first cardinal rule of perm maintenance that you’re forbidden to wet your hair for at least 24 hours after getting a perm at the risk of deactivating the immonium thygocolate?

Chutney Windham: Yes.

Elle: And wouldn’t somebody who had, say, 30 perms before in their life be well aware of this rule, and if in fact you weren’t washing your hair as I suspect you weren’t because your curls are still intact, wouldn’t you have heard the gunshot, and if in fact you had heard the gunshot Brooke Windham wouldn’t have had time to hide the gun before you got downstairs. Which means you would have had to have found Brooke Windham with a gun in her hand to make your story plausible, isn’t that right?

Chutney Windham: She’s my age! Did she tell you that? How would you feel if your father married someone who was your age?

Elle: You, however, Chutney, had time to hide the gun after you shot your father.

Chutney Windham: [Chutney is in tears] I didn’t mean to shoot him! [points at Brooke] I thought it was YOU walking through the door!

[Courtroom audience gasps]

Elle: Oh my God.”
— Elle Woods, Legally Blonde
Tagged: Trial, murder trial, immonium thygocolate
“It started off boring and slow with Not Sure trying to bullshit everyone with a bunch of smart talk: 'Blah blah blah. You gotta believe me!' That part of the trial sucked! But then the Chief J. just went off. He said, 'Man, whatever! The guy's guilty as shit! We all know that.' And he sentenced his ass to one night of rehabilitation.”
— Female Reporter, Idiocracy
Tagged: ass, Trial, Blah Blah Blah, guilty, Rehabilitation
“Lawyers are always confident before the verdict. It is only afterwards they share their doubts.”
— Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey, Series 2: Episode Eight
Tagged: Lawyers, confident, Trial, Doubts
“I am outraged and disgusted that the DA continues to persecute my client. Trials are supposed to be conducted in court rooms before juries. This is trial by TV.”
— Ron Trott, Justice, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: TV, Entertainment, Media, Trial, Jury, Crime
“[W'Kabi brings Killmonger in front of T'Challa and the Elders]
T'Challa: [in Xhosa] Speak.

W'Kabi: [to Killmonger] Speak.

Erik Killmonger: I'm standing in your house, serving justice to a man who stole your vibranium and murdered your people. Justice your king couldn't deliver.
[T'Challa stands up and approaches Killmonger]

T'Challa: I don't care that you brought Klaue. Only reason I don't kill you where you stand is because I know who you are. Now what do you want?

Erik Killmonger: I want the throne. [Mining Tribe Elder laughs]

Mining Tribe Elder: [in Xhosa] My goodness. [the other Elders laugh]

Erik Killmonger: Y'all sittin' up here comfortable. Must feel good. It's about two billion people all over the world that looks like us. But their lives are a lot harder. Wakanda has the tools to liberate 'em all.

T'Challa: And what tools are those?

Erik Killmonger: Vibranium: Your weapons.

T'Challa: Our weapons will not be used to wage war on the world. It is not our way to be judge, jury, and executioner for people who are not our own.

Erik Killmonger: Not your own? But didn't life start right here on this continent? So ain't all people your people?

T'Challa: I am not king of all people. I am King of Wakanda. And it is my responsibility to make sure our people are safe and that vibranium does not fall into the hands of a person like you.

Erik Killmonger: Mmm...

Ramonda: Son, we have entertained this charlatan for too long. Reject his request.

Erik Killmonger: Oh, I ain't requesting nothing. Ask who I am.

Shuri: You're Erik Stevens. An American black operative. A mercenary nicknamed Killmonger. That's who you are.

Erik Killmonger: That's not my name, Princess. Ask me, King.”
— T'Challa / Black Panther, Black Panther
Tagged: Trial, Responsibility, vibranium
“Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial.”
— Green Day, Good Riddance(Time of Your Life)
Tagged: Tattoos, Memories, dead skin, Trial
“I have to be sane in order for the State to put me to death? How perverse.”
— Joe Carroll, The Following, Season 3: Flesh & Blood
Tagged: perverse, Sane, Trial, Death Penalty
“I reviewed the surveillance tapes from Truth. Nowhere on there does it show James St. Patrick hide the gun. Look, if James had placed the gun behind the bar, the tapes would show him going to the bar area, but he never does, not once. I think he may be innocent.”
— Angela Valdes, Power, Season 4: Don't Thank Me
Tagged: innocent, Gun, Surveillance, Trial, Twist
“A deal? I hate that terminology. A deal is what they got O.J.”
— Betsy Kettleman, Better Call Saul, Season 1: Bingo
Tagged: Deal, Terminology, OJ Simpson, Trial
“Israel may have the right to put others on trial, but certainly no one has the right to put the Jewish people and the State of Israel on trial.”
— Ariel Sharon
Tagged: Israel, Jewish People, State of Israel, Trial, Zionism
“They're gonna put him on trial for my crimes. Ain't nobody gonna pardon these crimes on my head. Not even the King of Mars! And once he's dead, my magic juice will return to my body. Flowing through me like moonlight through the ghost dance.”
— Magic Man, Adventure Time, Season 4: Sons of Mars
Tagged: King of Mars, Ghost Dance, crimes, Pardon, Trial
“After many trials and errors, I realized that if I wanted to change my life, I had to increase my awareness of every thought and every feeling so that I could make different choices. ”
— Iyanla Vanzant
Tagged: Trial, Error, Change, increase awareness, Thought, Feeling, Choices
“Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.”
— Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns
Tagged: Trial, Sorrow, Reason, God

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