A scene from Enemy of the State 1998
Edward "Brill" Lyle

[after reconciling their differences, Brill and Lyle go to a diner]

You're the threat now. Just like I was.

Robert Clayton Dean

Threat to whom? To them?

Lyle

No. To your family, your friends, everybody you know, everybody you meet. That's why I went away and didn't come back. You've got to go away, Robert.

Dean

No, I don't think so. This is my life, I worked hard for it and I want it back. I grew up without a father, I know what that is. And I will not allow my family to go through that.

Kid at Nearby Table

Mommy, I want to go home.

Lyle

Want to take a poke at me? Come on.

Dean

I don't hit senior citizens.

Lyle

Come here, Babe. Come here, come on. [cat cuddles up] In guerrilla warfare they taught us to use our weaknesses as strengths.

Dean

Such as?

Lyle

Well, if they're big and you're small, then you're mobile and they're slow. You're hidden and they're exposed. You only fight battles you know you can win. That's the way the Vietcong did it. You capture their weapons and you use them against them the next time. That way they're supplying you. You grow stronger as they grow weaker.

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