“Telling the truth can be a scary thing sometimes. It scared President...” – Jim Garrison, JFK ... Movie Quotes Database

[to his son, Jasper]

Telling the truth can be a scary thing sometimes. It scared President Kennedy, and he was a brave man. But if you let yourself be too scared then you let the bad guys take over the country. Then everybody gets scared.

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