A character in 12 Angry Men (1957)

Juror #8 / Davis quotes from 12 Angry Men (1957)

Henry Fonda
Played by Henry Fonda 12 Angry Men (1957) · 28 quotes

Tied for 2nd most-quoted character in 12 Angry Men (1957): in 2 of its 28 quotes

A line from Juror #8 / Davis

It's not easy to raise my hand and send a boy off to die without talking about it first...We're talking about somebody's life here. We can't decide in five minutes. Supposin' we're wrong.

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Juror #8 / Davis

It’s very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth.

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