12 Angry Men Quotes

It’s not easy to raise my hand and send a boy off to die without talking about it first.

You’re talking about a matter of seconds! Nobody can be that accurate.[Juror 3]Well, I think testimony that could put a boy into the electric chair should be that accurate.[Juror 8]

You don’t believe the boy’s story. How come you believe the woman’s? She’s one of them too, isn’t she?[to Juror 10]

We’re talking about somebody’s life here. We can’t decide it in five minutes.

Look, you voted guilty. What side are you on?[Juror 3]I don’t believe I have to be loyal to one side or the other. I’m simply asking questions.[Juror 11]

He said 15 seconds. He was very positive about it.[Juror 9] He was an old man. Half the time he was confused. How could he be positive about anything?[Juror 3]

It’s not easy to stand alone against the ridicule of others.

If you want to vote not guilty, then do it because you are convinced the man is not guilty, and not because you’ve had enough.[to Juror 7]

Secret? What do you mean secret? There are no secrets in a jury room.

Not guilty.

Maybe it’s also possible for a lawyer to be just plain stupid, isn’t it? I mean, it’s possible.[Juror 8]You sound like you met my brother-in-law once.[Juror 7]

Let me ask you this. Do you really think the boy would shout out a thing like that so the whole neighborhood could hear him? I don’t think so. He’s much too bright for that.[Juror 8]Bright? He’s a common ignorant slob. He don’t even speak good English.[Juror 10]“He doesn’t even speak good English.”[Juror 11, with a foreign accent]