Minority Report 2002 quotes

Gideon

Careful, Chief. You dig up the past, all you get is dirty.

Gideon

You're a part of my flock now, John. Welcome. It's actually kind of a rush. They say you have visions. That your life flashes before your eyes. That all your dreams come true.

It's like my daddy used to say: in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

Dr. Solomon Eddie

You do understand I can't just give you new irises. The scanners will read the scar tissue, alarms will go off, and large men with guns will appear …

Wally the Caretaker

I like you, Chief. You've always been nice to me. I'll give you two minutes before I hit the alarm.

I'd like a word with my husband.

Gideon

You're not authorized. How did you get in here?
[Lara drops a bag containing one of John's original eyeballs onto the keys of Gideon's organ]

Agatha

Think about all the lives that little girl has saved.

Think about all the lives that little girl has saved. Think about all the lives she will save. That little girl could have saved Sean...

John Anderton

Don't you EVER SAY HIS NAME!!

John Anderton

You used the memory of my dead son to set me up!! That was the one thing you knew would drive me to murder!

What are you going to do now, Lamar?

John Anderton

What're you going to do now, Lamar?!

How are you gonna

John Anderton

shut me up?!

Forgive me, John.

Danny Witwer

I thought they stopped the murder?

Jad

That's just an echo. Precog déjà vu. Some of the really bad ones, the precogs see over and over again.

John Anderton

What does he think about your chosen line of work?

Danny Witwer

I don't know. He was shot and killed when I was 15 on the steps of our church in Dublin. I know what it's like to lose someone close, John. 'Course, nothing is like the loss of a child. I don't have any children of my own, so I can only imagine what that must've been like. To lose your son – in such a public place like that. At least now you and I have the chance to make sure that kind of thing doesn't happen to anyone –

John Anderton

Why don't you cut the cute act, Danny boy, and tell me exactly what it is you're looking for?

Danny Witwer

Flaws.

John Anderton

There hasn't been a murder in 6 years. There's nothing wrong with the system, it is--

Danny Witwer

Perfect. I agree. But if there's a flaw, it's human. It always is.

John Anderton

I'm not a murderer. I've never even met the man I'm supposed to kill.

And yet, a chain of events has started, a chain that will lead inexorably to his death.

John Anderton

Not if I stay away from him.

How can you avoid a man you've never met?

John Anderton

No doubt the precogs have already seen this.

No doubt.

John Anderton

You see the dilemma, don't you? If you don't kill me, the precogs were wrong and Precrime is over. If you do kill me, you go away, but it proves the system works. The precogs were right. So, what are you going to do now? What's it worth? Just one more murder? You'll rot in hell with a halo, but people will still believe in Precrime. All you have to do is kill me, like they said you would. Except - you know your own future, which means you can change it if you want to. You still have a choice, Lamar. Like I did.

Yes. I have a choice. And I've made it. Forgive me, John. [Fires gun] Forgive me... [Leans against John for support] Forgive me, my boy... [Collapses to the floor and dies, having shot himself]

John Anderton

Why should I trust you?

You shouldn't. You shouldn't trust anyone. Certainly not the Attorney General who just wants it all for himself, and not the young Federal agent who wants your job, not even the old man who just wants to hold on to what he created. Don't trust anyone. Just find the Minority Report.

John Anderton

You can tell me how someone could fake a pre-vision.

How would I know that?

John Anderton

Because you invented Precrime.

If a series of genetic mistakes and science gone haywire can be called "invention", then yes, I invented Precrime.

John Anderton

You don't sound very proud.

I'm not. I was trying to cure them, not turn them into something else.

John Anderton

Cure who?

The innocents we now use to stop the guilty.

John Anderton

You're talking about... the Precogs.

You think the three in the tank came out of a test tube? They are merely the ones who survived.

You can't run, John!

John Anderton

Everybody runs.

Yeah, being concert master for the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra is one of our most popular choices.

No, no, no. I wanna kill my boss.

You sick bastard. You're the kind of person that makes this a terrible world to live in!

John Anderton

Why'd you catch that?

Danny Witwer

Because it was going to fall.

John Anderton

You're certain?

Danny Witwer

Yeah.

John Anderton

But it didn't fall. You caught it. The fact that you prevented it from happening doesn't change the fact that it was going to happen.

Anderton

Cops aren't allowed inside the Temple.

Witwer

Really? You've never been inside?

Anderton

We keep strict separation so that no one can be accused of tampering.

Witwer

So I'll be the first one to go in, then.

Anderton

Maybe you didn't hear me.

Witwer

If it's a question of authority...

Anderton

No, there is no question. You don't have any.

Witwer

I have a warrant in my pocket that says different.

Anderton

Show it to me. [Witwer hands over a warrant; Anderton reads]

Witwer

This investigation of Precrime and its personnel is being conducted under the direct supervision and express permission of the Attorney General of the United States. I'm here as his representative, which means you're now operating under my supervision. It seems you've been left out of the loop, John.

John Anderton

In 2054, the six-year Precrime experiment was abandoned. All prisoners were unconditionally pardoned and released, though police departments kept watch on many of them for years to come. Agatha and the twins were transferred to an undisclosed location, a place where they could find relief from their gifts. A place where they could live out their lives in peace.

You'd better drink this. Soon you won't be able to swallow, and then you'll be totally buggered.