There are eighteen patients on this ward, Mr. McMurphy. And you have to have a majority to change ward policy. So you gentlemen can put your hands down now.

[turning and gesturing toward other men out of hearing range on the ward floor]

You're trying to tell me that you're gonna count these, these poor son-of-bitches, they don't know what we're talking about?

Well, I have to disagree with you, Mr. McMurphy. These men are members of the ward just as you are.