“I just wish for once that you could be in my shoes, Mr. Prosecutor...” – Billy Hayes, Midnight Express ... Movie Quotes Database

[to the Turkish court]

I just wish for once that you could be in my shoes, Mr. Prosecutor, and then you would know something that you don't know: mercy! That the concept of a society is based on the quality of that mercy; its sense of fair play; its sense of justice! But I guess that's like asking a bear to shit in the toilet. [In the red border clamshell VHS, He says: But I guess that's like asking a bear to use a potty trainer.]

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