Movie Quote of the Day – Amistad, 1997 (dir. Steven Spielberg)
John Quincy Adams: Cinque, look. I’m being honest with you. Anything less would be disrespectful. I’m telling you, I’m preparing you, I suppose I’m explaining to you, that the test ahead of us is an exceptionally difficult one.
Cinque: (speaking in Mende / Ens. Covey translating) We won’t be going in there alone.
John Quincy Adams: Alone? Indeed not. We have right at our side. We have righteousness at our side. We have Mr Baldwin over there.
Cinque: (speaking in Mende / Ens. Covey translating) I meant my ancestors. I will call into the past, far back to the beginning of time, and beg them to come and help me at the judgment. I will reach back and draw them into me. And they must come, for at this moment, I am the whole reason they have existed at all.
Posted on April 24, 2014, in Movie Quote of the Day and tagged 1997, Amistad, Anthony Hopkins, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Franzoni, Djimon Hounsou, Steven Spielberg. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
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