JFK (film)

"A single bullet must account for the seven wounds in Kennedy and Connally. But rather than admit to a conspiracy or investigate further, the Warren Commission chose to endorse the theory put forth by an ambitious junior counselor, Arlen Specter, one of the grossest lies ever forced on the American people. Weve come to know it as the Magic Bullet Theory.... Thats some bullet. Anyone whos been in combat will tell you never in the history of gunfire has there been a bullet this ridiculous. Yet the government says it can prove it, with some fancy physics in a nuclear laboratory. Of course they can. Theoretical physics can prove that an elephant can hang from a cliff with its tail tied to a daisy. But use your eyes, your common sense."

"It may become a generational affair. Questions passed from father to son, mother to daughter. But someday, somewhere, someone may find out the damned Truth. We better. We better or we might just as well build ourselves another government like the Declaration of Independence says to when the old one aint working - just - just a little farther out West."

"This single-bullet explanation is the foundation of the Warren Commissions claim of one assassin. And once you conclude the magic bullet couldnt create all seven wounds, you must conclude there was a fourth shot and a second rifleman. And if there was a second rifleman, then by definition there had to be a conspiracy."

"I have here some $8,000 in these letters sent to my office from all over the country - quarters, dimes, dollar bills from housewives, plumbers, car salesmen, teachers, invalids. These are people who cannot afford to send money but do. These are the ones who drive the cabs, who nurse in the hospitals, who see their kids go to Vietnam. Why? Because they care, because they want to know the truth, because they want their country back, because it still belongs to us, as long as the people have the guts to fight for what they believe in! The truth is the most important value we have because if the truth does not endure, if the government murders truth, if we cannot respect the hearts of these people, then this is not the country in which I was born and this is certainly not the country I want to die in."

"Tennyson wrote, Authority forgets a dying king. This was never more true than for John F. Kennedy, whose murder was probably one the most terrible moments in the history of our country. We, the people, the jury system sitting in judgment on Clay Shaw, represent the hope of humanity against government power. In discharging your duty, in bringing the first conviction in this house of cards against Clay Shaw, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. Do not forget your dying king. Show this world that this is still a government of the people, for the people, and by the people. Nothing as long as you live will ever be more important. Its up to you."

"Hitler always said: "The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it."

"Tommy Lee Jones – Clay Shaw/Clay Bertrand"

"Gary Oldman – Lee Harvey Oswald"

"Hes a District Attorney. He will risk his life, the lives of his family, everything he holds dear for the one thing he holds sacred... the truth."

"Pruitt Taylor Vince – Lee Bowers"

"Michael Rooker – Bill Broussard"

"Vincent DOnofrio – Bill Newman"