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Permission granted.
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Gentlemen...
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...in the House of Deputies
a month ago...
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...to frantic applause,
the prime minister, Monsieur Maline...
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...declared that he had confidence
in you 12 citizens...
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...into whose hands he had bestowed
the defense of the army.
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In other words...
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...you are being instructed,
by order, to condemn me...
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...just as, in that other case...
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...the minister of war
dictated the acquittal of Esterhazy.
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Down with Zola!
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The prime minister gave
no such order to this jury.
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His words made his intention
to coerce justice unmistakable.
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And I denounce them
to the conscience of honest men.
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Confine yourself to the facts.
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However...
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...my profession is writing,
not talking.
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But from my struggling youth
until today...
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...my principal aim
has been to strive for truth.
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That is why I entered this fight.
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All my friends have told me that it
was insane for a single person...
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...to oppose the immense machinery
of the law...
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...the glory of the army
and the power of the state.
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They warned me that my actions
would be mercilessly crushed...
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...that I would be destroyed.
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But what does it matter
if an individual is shattered...
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...if only justice is resurrected?
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It has been said that the state
summoned me to this court.