“Do you know why you're on trial here?” – William Kunstler, The Trial of the Chicago 7 ... Movie Quotes Database

William Kunstler

Do you know why you're on trial here?

Abbie Hoffman

We carried certain ideas across state lines. Not machine guns or drugs or little girls. Ideas. When we crossed from New York to New Jersey to Pennsylvania to Ohio to Illinois, we had certain ideas. And for that, we were gassed, beaten, arrested, and put on trial.

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