Carl Lee Hailey
- America is a wall and you are on the other side. How's a black man ever going to get a fair trial with the enemy on the bench and in the jury box? My life in white hands?
- Nigger, Negro, black, African-American, no matter how you see me, you see me different, you see me like that jury sees me... you are them.
- If you was on that jury, what would it take to convince you to set me free? That's how you save my ass. That's how you save us both.
- The fact is you are just like all the rest of them. When you look at me, you don't see a man, you see a black man.
- We are on different sides of the line... I ain't never seen you in my part of town. I bet you don't even know where I live. Our daughters, Jake; they ain't never gonna play together.
- Yes they deserved to die. I hope they burn in hell.
- What is it in us that seeks the truth? Is it our minds or is it our hearts?
- And until we can see each other as equals, justice is never going to be even-handed. It will remain nothing more than a reflection of our own prejudices.
- Can you see her? Her raped, beaten, broken body soaked in their urine, soaked in their semen, soaked in her blood, left to die. Can you see her? I want you to picture that little girl. Now imagine she's white.
- I just thought our kids could play together.
