American History X 1998 quotes, page 3

38 quotes · 8 characters
American History X (1998) poster
Characters
Daniel Vinyard Edward Furlong · 9 quotes
Bob Sweeney Avery Brooks · 4 quotes
Cameron Stacy Keach · 4 quotes
Lamont Guy Torry · 4 quotes
Murray Elliott Gould · 3 quotes
Seth Ethan Suplee · 3 quotes

Most scenes together: Derek Vinyard & Cameron (3), Derek Vinyard & Daniel Vinyard (2), Derek Vinyard & Doris Vinyard (2)

American History X quotes

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I hate the fact that it's cool to be black these days, I hate this hip-hop ****in influence in white ****in suburbia and I hate tabatha and all her Zionist MTV **** pigs telling us we should get along save the retorical bullshit hillary rodham clinton cause it aint gonna ****in happen

**** you just **** with the wrong bull... COME HERE! you should have learned your place on the ****in' basketball court, but you **** monkeys just never get the message! My father gave me that truck you mother****er! Do you ever shoot at firemen? You come here and shoot at my family?! I'm gonna teach you a real lesson now mother****er, put your **** mouth on the curb...PUT IT ON THE CURB RIGHT NOW!! (The carjacker puts his teeth on the curb and bites). Thats it, now say goodnight! (jumps on the head of the carjacker)

Oh it doesn't? You don't think I see what you're trying to do here? You think I'm gonna sit here and smile while some ****in' **** tries to **** my mother? It's never gonna happen Murray, ****in' forget it, not on my watch, not while I'm still in this family. I will ****in' cut your Sh**ock nose off and stick it up your ass before I let that happen. Coming here and poison my family's dinner with your Jewish, N****r-lovin', hippie bullshit. **** you! **** you! Yeah, walk out, asshole, ****in' Kabalah reading mother****er. Get the **** out of my house. [showing his tattoo of a swastika] DO YOU SEE THIS!? THIS MEANS NOT WELCOME!

One in every three black males is in some phase of the correctional system. Is that a coincidence or do these people have, you know, like a racial commitment to crime?

So I guess this is where I tell you what I learned - my conclusion, right? Well, my conclusion is: Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time. It's just not worth it. Derek says it's always good to end a paper with a quote. He says someone else has already said it best. So if you can't top it, steal from them and go out strong. So I picked a guy I thought you'd like. 'We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.' [quoting Abraham Lincoln]

We're so hung up on this notion that we have some obligation to help the struggling black man, you know. Cut him some slack until he can overcome these historical injustices. It's crap. I mean, Christ, Lincoln freed the slaves, like, what? 130 years ago. How long does it take to get your act together?