Paul Newman's closing speech in The Verdict seems apropos.

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I mean 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 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 a marble statue, or the trappings of the court. See, those are just symbols of our desire to be just. They are, in fact, a prayer, I mean a fervent and a frightened prayer.

In my religion, they say, "Act as if you had faith; faith will be given to you."

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.

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1. I love that movie. Must have seen it 25 times

Your honor if you are going to try my case please don’t lose it

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3. Incredible movie

I can't count how many times I've seen it. Possibly Newman's best performance.

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2. Tremendous script, film and acting performances.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Verdict

Famous quotes from The Verdict,

Maureen Rooney: You know you guys are all the same. You don't care who gets hurt. You're a bunch of whores. You'd do anything for a dollar. You got no loyalty... No nothing... You're a bunch of whores.

Kevin Doneghy: You guys... you guys are all the same! The doctors at the hospital, you... it's always what I'm going to do for you. And then you screw up, and it's, "Ah, we did the best that we could, I'm dreadfully sorry." And people like us live with your mistakes the rest of our lives.

Kaitlin Costello: [testifying why she kept a copy of the admittance form] After the operation, when that poor girl she went into a coma, Dr. Towler called me in. He told me that he'd had five difficult deliveries in a row and he was tired... and he never looked at the admittance form. And he told me to change the form. He told me to change the '1' to a '9'... or else... or else he said, he said he'd fire me. He said I'd never work again. Who were these men? Who were these men? I wanted to be a nurse!

More, https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Verdict

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4. Kaitlin Costello's testimony has stuck with me

over the years. "Who were these men? Who were these men? I wanted to be a nurse?" I can still hear her voice as she said those words.

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5. Last year I saw it again after quite a while. Such a powerful

story and scenes. The actress who portrayed Kaitlin did a great job, they all did..So glad Paul Newman got the role.

> Wiki, The Verdict. Production: ..A number of actors, including Roy Scheider, William Holden, Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant and Dustin Hoffman, expressed interest in the project because of the strength of the lead role.

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6. I am glad as well

I really can't imagine anyone in that role except Newman. That casting couldn't have been better.