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You know better than that.
:25:02
Do I, Father Flanagan?
:25:03
You have a string of newspapers.
You get reports on human derelicts.
:25:06
You know the percentage of boys
who survive institutions.
:25:09
Surely you must know, you above all men.
:25:12
And you have no right to hinder me
in helping children.
:25:16
That's pretty stiff, Father.
:25:18
What little I've done, I've done on nothing.
:25:20
These boys, thieves some of them,
have gone without clothes...
:25:23
they've even gone without food,
but not one of them has deserted.
:25:25
Not one, because they know
what I'm trying to do to help them.
:25:29
But there are some impossible
young beasts who have to be manacled.
:25:32
Look at this.
:25:35
"Eleven-year-old boy convicted.
Guilty of murder in the second degree.
:25:38
"Jury renders verdict
after 35 minutes deliberation.
:25:41
"Court will sentence him to life in prison."
:25:44
A semi-equipped young savage
who's right where he ought to be.
:25:47
You'll admit that, won't you?
:25:48
This boy saw his mother
being brutally beaten by a drunken father.
:25:51
So he took a gun and killed him.
:25:53
Suppose a man kills because his wife's
been unfaithful: Temporary insanity.
:25:57
But an 11-year-old: Just a savage.
:25:59
What do you want of me?
:26:00
I want your help for homeless boys.
:26:02
I want you to let the world know
what I'm trying to do.
:26:05
- No, I'm afraid I can't do that.
- Why not?
:26:07
Because I don't believe in
what you're trying to do.
:26:10
The very foundation is false.
:26:12
"No such thing as a bad boy."
:26:14
That's just a catch phrase,
sentimental nonsense.
:26:17
Of course you know you're flying in
the face of the very best of public opinion.
:26:20
I've seen you do that.
You lead public opinion.
:26:22
On my convictions.
:26:23
You want me to throw them
out the window.
:26:26
A whole lot of good people
feel just as I do...
:26:28
and we're not un-Christian monsters.
:26:30
Well, if I'm right, you're pretty close to it.
And so far, I've proven my case.
:26:34
Mr. Hargraves, when you got into trouble
at 11 or 12 years of age...
:26:37
you had your mother or you had your
father to put their arms around you...
:26:41
to talk things over with.
:26:43
Can you imagine the fright
and the Ioneliness of a boy...
:26:45
without that love and understanding?
:26:48
This poor kid...
:26:50
in prison for life.
:26:53
I want a home for them,
where they can stay...
:26:55
and where they can learn.
:26:58
A town for boys...