The Crucible (1996)
Rob Campbell: Reverend Hale
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Quotes
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Rev. John Hale : Do you know your commandments, Mr. Proctor?
John Proctor : Aye.
Rev. John Hale : Would you recite them please?
John Proctor : The commandments?
Rev. John Hale : Aye.
John Proctor : Thou shalt not kill.
Rev. John Hale : Aye.
John Proctor : Thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not covet thy neighbors goods, nor covet thy neighbors wives, thou shalt have no other Gods before me, thou shalt not use the Lord's name in vain, thou shalt keep holy the sabbath day, thou shalt honor thy mother and father, thou shalt not bare to false witness... thou shalt not covet thy neighbors wives.
Rev. John Hale : You said that one twice, Sir.
John Proctor : Aye.
Elizabeth : Adultry, John.
John Proctor : Aye. You see, Sir, between the two of us, we do know them all.
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John Proctor : These are heavy books.
Rev. John Hale : Well, they should be. They're weighted with authority.
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Rev. John Hale : I must see these other girls. Who are they? I want their names.
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Reverend Parris : I did discover my niece with a number of her friends dancing in the forest.
Rev. John Hale : You permit dancing?
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John Proctor : Mary, tell the Governor how she led you to dance in the woods.
Reverend Parris : This man is blackening my name since I came to Salem!
Judge Danforth : What is this dancing?
John Proctor : Mr. Parris discovered them himself in the dead of night and they have danced there naked.
Judge Danforth : Naked?
Rev. John Hale : When I first arrived from Beverly, Mr. Parris told me that.
Reverend Parris : I did not say they were naked!
Judge Danforth : But she have danced?
Reverend Parris : Aye.
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Rev. John Hale : It may be that God damns a liar less than he that throws away his life for pride.
Elizabeth : I think that may be the devil's argument.
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Rev. John Hale : Be his helper. Go to him. Take his shame away!
Elizabeth : He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him.