The Bonfire of the Vanities
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Let them know justice is blind.
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Let them know that rich whites
get the same treatment as poor blacks.

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You must give the people hope.
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You mean, we nail the WASP?
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To the wall.
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I like this man.
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So I tell him, "I'm your lawyer
from Legal Aid."

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He says, "I don't want a nigger lawyer.
I want a Jew."

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Nice guy.
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-It's his third drug arrest. He wants a deal.
-He'll say he was at the scene?

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He'll say whatever you want him to say.
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Get me Andruitti. Tell him it's urgent
about this Lamb shit.

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Suppose this other fellow comes forward.
There was another fellow. He was big--

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I believe you. It was a set-up.
They were going to rob you.

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He has good reasons not to come forward.
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Now, you just sit tight.
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Look, you were recommended
as the best criminal lawyer around.

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But I didn't come here to....
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I want to preempt this situation.
I don't want it to go any further.

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What does that mean?
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I want to take the initiative.
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I want to go to the police with Maria...
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...with Mrs. Ruskin,
and tell them what happened.

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I feel morally certain
that what we did was right...

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...in the circumstances we were in.
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Yeah, you Wall Street honchos
are real gamblers.

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What are you, nuts?
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They will devour you.
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-Eat you alive.
-Why?

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Forget that it's a political football.
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Forget about the TV and Reverend Bacon...
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...and Weiss's upcoming election.
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Remember that everyday, the Bronx DA
prosecutes people with names...

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...like Tiffany Latour, Sancho Rodriguez...
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...Chong Wong and Shabazz Tamali.
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So he's dying to get his hands on a nice
white couple like you and Mrs. Ruskin.

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I mean, Biscuit City.

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