A scene from American Gangster 2007
Richie

[after finding the money in the back of the car]

This isn't a couple of bucks.

Rivera

It's the same thing. In principle.

Richie

We're talking about principle?

Rivera

Richie, a cop who turns in this kind of money says one thing: He'll turn in cops who take money. We'll be pariahs.

Richie

We're **** either way.

Rivera

Not if we keep it. Only if we don't. Then we're ****, you're right. But not if we keep it.

Richie

Yes, we are.

Rivera

Goddamn it, did we ask for this? Did we put a gun to someone's head and say, Give us your money? Cops kill cops they can't trust. We can't turn it in.

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