Lamar Burgess
We don't choose the things we believe in; they choose us.
3rd most-quoted character in Minority Report (2002): in 6 of its 28 quotes
Most scenes with: John Anderton (3)
You know what I hear, Danny? Nothing. No footsteps up the stairs, no hovercraft outside the window, no clickety-click of little spyders. Do you know why I can't hear any of those things, Danny? Because right now, the precogs can't see a thing. [kills Witwer]
More lines from Lamar Burgess
2 quotes
Lamar Burgess
[Showing off a revolver, given as a gift by his staff]
Revolvers like this one were given to generals at the end of the Civil War by their troops. The cylinders were loaded with five gold-plated bullets, to symbolize the end of the destruction and death that had ripped the country apart for five years. Ladies and gentlemen, with PreCrime going national, maybe we can all look forward to a time when none of us will have to discharge another firearm ever again.
Scenes with Lamar Burgess
3 scenes
Lamar Burgess
You can't run, John!
Everybody runs.
Think about all the lives that little girl has saved.
Lamar Burgess
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...
Don't you EVER SAY HIS NAME!!
You used the memory of my dead son to set me up!! That was the one thing you knew would drive me to murder!
Male Precog
What are you going to do now, Lamar?
What're you going to do now, Lamar?!
Male Precog
How are you gonna
shut me up?!
Male Precog
Forgive me, John.
No doubt the precogs have already seen this.
Lamar Burgess
No doubt.
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.
Lamar Burgess
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]
