It's just that I looked at him for a ver...

Twelve Angry Men (or Twelve Angry Women or Twelve Angry Jurors)

Juror #9

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It's just that I looked at him for a very long time. The seam of his jacket was split under his arm. Did you notice that? He was a very old man with a torn jacket, and he carried two canes. I think I know him better than anyone here. This is a quiet, frightened, insignificant man who has been nothing all his life--who has never had recognition--his name in the newspapers. Nobody knows him after seventy-five years. This is a very sad thing. A man like this needs to be recognized-to be questioned, and listened to, and quoted just once. This is very important. ...

Reginald Rose, Twelve Angry Men, stage adaptation by Sherman L. Sergel, Dramatic Publishing Company, 1983, pp.33-34.

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