Mississippi Burning Quotes
1988 films, 1980s American films, Crime thriller films, Crime drama films, Historical films, Mystery films, Films set in Mississippi, Films about the Ku Klux Klan, Films directed by Alan Parker, Films about the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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“Frances McDormand - Mrs. Pell”
“Willem Dafoe - Agent Alan Ward”
“Stephen Tobolowsky - Clayton Townley”
“Kevin Dunn - Agent Bird”
“Badja Djola - Agent Monk”
“Frankie Faison - Eulogist”
“R. Lee Ermey - Mayor Tilman”
“Michael Rooker - Frank Bailey”
“Brad Dourif - Deputy Clinton Pell”
“Gene Hackman - Agent Rupert Anderson”
“Wikipedia: Mississippi Burning”
“Gailard Sartain - Sheriff Ray Stuckey”
“Pruitt Taylor Vince - Lester Cowans”
“Rotten Tomatoes: Mississippi Burning”
“Internet Movie Database (IMDb): Mississippi Burning”
“[to Deputy Pell] Make no mistake about it, Deputy. I'll cut your fucking head clean off and not give a shit how it reads in the report sheet!”
“[Addressing a large crowd of White people] I love Mississippi. [The audience cheers] THEY! They hate Mississippi! They hate us because we represent a shining example of successful segregation. These Northern students, with their Communist, atheist bosses, and their wish to destroy us this week, has taken a terrible blow. This week, their cause has been crippled. This week, these federal policeman you see around here prying into our lives, violating our civil liberties have learned that they are powerless against us if every single Anglo-Saxon Christian one of us stands together!”
“They want me to say, "Let us not forget that two white boys also died helping negros help themselves." They want me to say, "We mourn with the mothers of these two white boys." But the state of Mississippi won't even allow these white boys to be buried in the same cemetery as this [points to coffin] negro boy. I say, "I have no more love to give! I have only anger in my heart today, and I want you to be angry with me! That I am sick and I am tired, and I want you to be sick and tired with me! I-I-I am sick and tired of going to the funerals of black men who have been murdered by white men! And I-I am sick and tired of the people of this country who continue to allow these things to happen!" What is an unalienable right if you are a negro? What does it mean, Equal Treatment under the law? What-what does it mean, Liberty and justice for all? Now I say to these people, "Look at the face of this young man, and you will see the face of a black man. But if you look at the blood shed, it is red! It is like yours! It is JUST... LIKE... YOURS!"”