John Adams (TV Mini Series)

Join or Die (2008)

Paul Giamatti: John Adams

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Quotes 

• [John Adams has agreed to defend Captain Thomas Preston and the Boston Soldiers] 

  Samuel Adams : You haven't much of a case, John.

  John Adams : Do I not?

  Samuel Adams : No Boston Jury will ever vote for aquittal.

  John Adams : Thank you for your kind advice, Sam.

  Samuel Adams : This is not a time for showing how clever you are, cousin.

  [Approaches John and hands him a pamphlet] 

  Samuel Adams : This is a time for choosing sides.

  John Adams : I am for the law, cousin. Is there another side?

  Samuel Adams : [shouts to the crowd while John looks at the pamphlet depicting the Boston Massacre]  There are those who fight for our rights as natural-born Englishmen, and those that would strip us of those rights!

  John Adams : I do not have the luxury of your birth or your purse, Sam, to spend my days fomenting dissension.

  [Calls out to Samuel] 

  John Adams : I intend to prove this colony is governed by law. Whatever you or your Sons of Liberty may say on the matter!

  Samuel Adams : We're all Sons of Liberty here.

• [John Adams and Samuel Adams watch as a British Customs Official is being tarred and feathered by an angry Boston mob] 

  John Adams : Do you approve of this?

  Samuel Adams : People are hurt when they fight for what is rightfully theirs!

  John Adams : Do you approve of brutal and illegal acts to enforce a political principle, Sam? Answer Me That, Can You?

• John Adams : [to Sam adams]  I am for the law, cousin. Is there another side?