Twelve Angry Men Quotes Flashcards
Empathy
Juror 1
“Broke my heart…”
Empathy
Juror 2
“You can’t send someone off to die on evidence like that.”
Empathy
Juror 5
“I’ve lived in slums all my life.”
Empathy (lack of)
Juror 7
“He deserves to die.”
Empathy
Juror 8
“He has had a rotten 18 years.”
“I put myself in the boys place.”
“Suppose you were the one on trial?”
“We’re talking about a person’s life here, we can’t just decide in 5 minutes.”
Empathy
Juror 9
“It’s not easy to stand against the ridicule of others.”
“It’s only one night, a boy may die.”
“After 75 years… that’s a very sad thing to be a nothing.”
Empathy/Justice
Juror 11
“What kind of man are you? … You cannot play like this with a man’s life.”
Justice
The Judge
“I urge you to deliberate honestly and thoughtfully.”
Justice (warped view)
Juror 3
“We’re trying to put a guilty man where he belongs.”
Truth (clouded)
Juror 3
“I have no personal feelings at all, I’m talking facts.”
Justice/Truth
Juror 3
“The old man said he yelled it out, that’s good enough for me.”
Prejudice/Emotion
Juror 3
“I can feel the knife going in.”
Justice/Honesty
Juror 3
“You took an oath in the courtroom, you can’t just quit. It’s dishonest.”
Justice Juror 3 (to Juror 7)
“What do you mean you’ve had enough?”
Doubt
Juror 3
“Reasonable doubt! That’s nothing but words.”
Logic
Juror 4
“Wouldn’t you call those beatings a motive for him to kill his father?”
“Nobody wears eyeglasses to bed.”
Doubt
Juror 4
“I now have a reasonable doubt.”
Logic
Juror 5
“Witnesses can make mistakes.”
Logic/Lateral thinking
Juror 6
“I’m looking for a motive. A motive’s very important.”
“Suppose you talk us all out of this, and that kid really did stick the knife into his father?”
Selfishness
Juror 7
“Look at the time!”
“Now we can just quickly give this kid a guilty verdict and I can get to the ball game.”
Prejudice
Juror 7
“Look, Sonny”
Justice Juror 8 (about lawyer)
“The lawyer was letting too many things go by.”
Justice/Truth
Juror 8
“I think the testimony that can send a man to his death should be that accurate.”
“You see, sometimes the facts that are staring us in the face are wrong.”
(Anti) Prejudice Juror 8 (to Juror 3)
“You want the boy to die for your own personal reasons!”
