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Agatha: Think about all the lives that little girl has saved.
Lamar Burgess: Think about all the lives that little girl has saved. Think about all the lives she will save. That little girl could have saved Sean...
John Anderton: Don't you EVER SAY HIS NAME!!
John Anderton: You used the memory of my dead son to set me up!! That was the one thing you knew would drive me to murder!
Male Precog: What are you going to do now, Lamar?
John Anderton: What're you going to do now, Lamar?!
Male Precog: How are you gonna
John Anderton: shut me up?!
Male Precog: Forgive me, John.
Lamar Burgess: Think about all the lives that little girl has saved. Think about all the lives she will save. That little girl could have saved Sean...
John Anderton: Don't you EVER SAY HIS NAME!!
John Anderton: You used the memory of my dead son to set me up!! That was the one thing you knew would drive me to murder!
Male Precog: What are you going to do now, Lamar?
John Anderton: What're you going to do now, Lamar?!
Male Precog: How are you gonna
John Anderton: shut me up?!
Male Precog: Forgive me, John.
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Danny Witwer: I thought they stopped the murder?
Jad: That's just an echo. Precog déjà vu. Some of the really bad ones, the precogs see over and over again.
Jad: That's just an echo. Precog déjà vu. Some of the really bad ones, the precogs see over and over again.
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John Anderton: [about Witwer's father] What does he think about your chosen line of work?
Danny Witwer: I don't know. He was shot and killed when I was 15 on the steps of our church in Dublin. I know what it's like to lose someone close, John. 'Course, nothing is like the loss of a child. I don't have any children of my own, so I can only imagine what that must've been like. To lose your son – in such a public place like that. At least now you and I have the chance to make sure that kind of thing doesn't happen to anyone –
John Anderton: Why don't you cut the cute act, Danny boy, and tell me exactly what it is you're looking for?
Danny Witwer: Flaws.
John Anderton: There hasn't been a murder in 6 years. There's nothing wrong with the system, it is--
Danny Witwer: Perfect. I agree. But if there's a flaw, it's human. It always is.
Danny Witwer: I don't know. He was shot and killed when I was 15 on the steps of our church in Dublin. I know what it's like to lose someone close, John. 'Course, nothing is like the loss of a child. I don't have any children of my own, so I can only imagine what that must've been like. To lose your son – in such a public place like that. At least now you and I have the chance to make sure that kind of thing doesn't happen to anyone –
John Anderton: Why don't you cut the cute act, Danny boy, and tell me exactly what it is you're looking for?
Danny Witwer: Flaws.
John Anderton: There hasn't been a murder in 6 years. There's nothing wrong with the system, it is--
Danny Witwer: Perfect. I agree. But if there's a flaw, it's human. It always is.
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John Anderton: I'm not a murderer. I've never even met the man I'm supposed to kill.
Iris Henimen: And yet, a chain of events has started, a chain that will lead inexorably to his death.
John Anderton: Not if I stay away from him.
Iris Henimen: How can you avoid a man you've never met?
Iris Henimen: And yet, a chain of events has started, a chain that will lead inexorably to his death.
John Anderton: Not if I stay away from him.
Iris Henimen: How can you avoid a man you've never met?
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John Anderton: No doubt the precogs have already seen this.
Lamar Burgess: No doubt.
John Anderton: You see the dilemma, don't you? If you don't kill me, the precogs were wrong and Precrime is over. If you do kill me, you go away, but it proves the system works. The precogs were right. So, what are you going to do now? What's it worth? Just one more murder? You'll rot in hell with a halo, but people will still believe in Precrime. All you have to do is kill me, like they said you would. Except - you know your own future, which means you can change it if you want to. You still have a choice, Lamar. Like I did.
Lamar Burgess: Yes. I have a choice. And I've made it. Forgive me, John. [Fires gun] Forgive me... [Leans against John for support] Forgive me, my boy... [Collapses to the floor and dies, having shot himself]
Lamar Burgess: No doubt.
John Anderton: You see the dilemma, don't you? If you don't kill me, the precogs were wrong and Precrime is over. If you do kill me, you go away, but it proves the system works. The precogs were right. So, what are you going to do now? What's it worth? Just one more murder? You'll rot in hell with a halo, but people will still believe in Precrime. All you have to do is kill me, like they said you would. Except - you know your own future, which means you can change it if you want to. You still have a choice, Lamar. Like I did.
Lamar Burgess: Yes. I have a choice. And I've made it. Forgive me, John. [Fires gun] Forgive me... [Leans against John for support] Forgive me, my boy... [Collapses to the floor and dies, having shot himself]
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John Anderton: Why should I trust you?
Dr. Iris Henimen: You shouldn't. You shouldn't trust anyone. Certainly not the Attorney General who just wants it all for himself, and not the young Federal agent who wants your job, not even the old man who just wants to hold on to what he created. Don't trust anyone. Just find the Minority Report.
Dr. Iris Henimen: You shouldn't. You shouldn't trust anyone. Certainly not the Attorney General who just wants it all for himself, and not the young Federal agent who wants your job, not even the old man who just wants to hold on to what he created. Don't trust anyone. Just find the Minority Report.
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John Anderton: You can tell me how someone could fake a pre-vision.
Dr. Iris Henimen: How would I know that?
John Anderton: Because you invented Precrime.
Dr. Iris Henimen: [laughs dryly] If a series of genetic mistakes and science gone haywire can be called "invention", then yes, I invented Precrime.
John Anderton: You don't sound very proud.
Dr. Iris Henimen: I'm not. I was trying to cure them, not turn them into something else.
John Anderton: Cure who?
Dr. Iris Henimen: The innocents we now use to stop the guilty.
John Anderton: You're talking about... the Precogs.
Dr. Iris Henimen: You think the three in the tank came out of a test tube? They are merely the ones who survived.
Dr. Iris Henimen: How would I know that?
John Anderton: Because you invented Precrime.
Dr. Iris Henimen: [laughs dryly] If a series of genetic mistakes and science gone haywire can be called "invention", then yes, I invented Precrime.
John Anderton: You don't sound very proud.
Dr. Iris Henimen: I'm not. I was trying to cure them, not turn them into something else.
John Anderton: Cure who?
Dr. Iris Henimen: The innocents we now use to stop the guilty.
John Anderton: You're talking about... the Precogs.
Dr. Iris Henimen: You think the three in the tank came out of a test tube? They are merely the ones who survived.
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Rufus T. Riley: Yeah, being concert master for the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra is one of our most popular choices.
Customer: No, no, no. I wanna kill my boss.
Rufus T. Riley: You sick bastard. You're the kind of person that makes this a terrible world to live in!
Customer: No, no, no. I wanna kill my boss.
Rufus T. Riley: You sick bastard. You're the kind of person that makes this a terrible world to live in!
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[Anderton rolls a ball off the table; Witwer catches it]
John Anderton: Why'd you catch that?
Danny Witwer: Because it was going to fall.
John Anderton: You're certain?
Danny Witwer: Yeah.
John Anderton: But it didn't fall. You caught it. The fact that you prevented it from happening doesn't change the fact that it was going to happen.
John Anderton: Why'd you catch that?
Danny Witwer: Because it was going to fall.
John Anderton: You're certain?
Danny Witwer: Yeah.
John Anderton: But it didn't fall. You caught it. The fact that you prevented it from happening doesn't change the fact that it was going to happen.
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[Discussing access to the Precogs]
Anderton: Cops aren't allowed inside the Temple.
Witwer: Really? You've never been inside?
Anderton: We keep strict separation so that no one can be accused of tampering.
Witwer: So I'll be the first one to go in, then.
Anderton: Maybe you didn't hear me.
Witwer: If it's a question of authority...
Anderton: No, there is no question. You don't have any.
Witwer: I have a warrant in my pocket that says different.
Anderton: Show it to me. [Witwer hands over a warrant; Anderton reads]
Witwer: This investigation of Precrime and its personnel is being conducted under the direct supervision and express permission of the Attorney General of the United States. I'm here as his representative, which means you're now operating under my supervision. It seems you've been left out of the loop, John.
Anderton: Cops aren't allowed inside the Temple.
Witwer: Really? You've never been inside?
Anderton: We keep strict separation so that no one can be accused of tampering.
Witwer: So I'll be the first one to go in, then.
Anderton: Maybe you didn't hear me.
Witwer: If it's a question of authority...
Anderton: No, there is no question. You don't have any.
Witwer: I have a warrant in my pocket that says different.
Anderton: Show it to me. [Witwer hands over a warrant; Anderton reads]
Witwer: This investigation of Precrime and its personnel is being conducted under the direct supervision and express permission of the Attorney General of the United States. I'm here as his representative, which means you're now operating under my supervision. It seems you've been left out of the loop, John.
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[Final voice-over] In 2054, the six-year Precrime experiment was abandoned. All prisoners were unconditionally pardoned and released, though police departments kept watch on many of them for years to come. Agatha and the twins were transferred to an undisclosed location, a place where they could find relief from their gifts. A place where they could live out their lives in peace.
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[Offering John the antidote to a plant that has poisoned him] You'd better drink this. Soon you won't be able to swallow, and then you'll be totally buggered.
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I was doing genetic research at the Woodhaven Clinic in Rhode Island on Renning's Syndrome, a neurological condition that affects the cerebral cortex of children. All these kids were born with severe brain damage, most died before the age of 12. Those few, those precious few who survived, they had a gift. They would wake up in the night, curled up in the corner of the room, screaming, clawing at the wallpaper. Because, when these little children, if they closed their eyes at night, they dreamt only of murder. And it didn't take long for us to realize that the real nightmare was that these so called dreams were about to become true, that these murders were actually happening!