The Life of David Gale (2003)
Michael Crabtree: Governor Hardin
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[Governor Hardin and David Gale are engaged in a debate on Batter's Box]
Governor Hardin : Alan, let me say something I always say and I'm gonna keep on saying. And that is that I HATE killin'. That's why my administration is willing to kill to stop it.
David Gale : So, you don't subscribe to the idea that 'a good state is the one that protects its most despised members?'
Governor Hardin : It's a nice liberal idea. But, like most nice liberal ideas, naive.
David Gale : It's a quote from you, Governor. From your first state attorney campaign
Governor Hardin : [flustered] You've got me, Professor. But let me, in my defense, offer YOU a quote. Winston Churchill: 'If you're not a liberal at twenty, you have no heart, if you're still a liberal at thirty, you've got no brain.'
[studio audience laughs]
David Gale : So, basically, you feel, to choose another quote, 'society must be cleansed of elements which represent its own death.'
Governor Hardin : Well, yes. I'd have to agree.
[laughs]
Governor Hardin : Did I say that too?
David Gale : No, that was Hitler.