Death Wish

Jack Toby:
We gotta let the cops handle this, Dad!

Paul Kersey:
Yeah?

Paul Kersey:
Well, what if the cops can't handle this, Jack?

Sam Kreutzer:
You know, decent people are going to have to work here and live somewhere else.

Paul Kersey:
By "decent people," you mean people who can afford to live somewhere else.

Sam Kreutzer:
Oh Christ, you are such a bleeding-heart liberal, Paul.

Paul Kersey:
My heart bleeds a little for the underprivileged, yes.

Sam Kreutzer:
The underprivileged are beating our goddamned brains out. You know what I say? Stick them in concentration camps, that's what I say.

Paul Kersey:
You've got a prime figure. You really have, you know.

Joanna Kersey:
That's a euphemism for fat.

Paul Kersey:
Any chance of catching these men?

Lt. Briggs:
There's a chance, sure.

Paul Kersey:
Just a chance?

Lt. Briggs:
I'd be less than honest if I gave you more hope, Mr. Kersey. In the city, that's the way it is.

Ames Jainchill:
You're probably one of them knee-jerk liberals that thinks us gun boys would shoot our guns because it's an extension of our penises.

Paul Kersey:
Never thought about it that way. It could be true.

Ames Jainchill:
Well, maybe it is. But this is gun country.

Frank Ochoa:
We want you to get out of New York... Permanently.

Paul Kersey:
Inspector... By sundown?

Paul Kersey:
Nothing to do but cut and run, huh? What else? What about the old American social custom of self-defense? If the police don't defense us, maybe we ought to do it ourselves.

Jack Toby:
We're not pioneers anymore, Dad.

Paul Kersey:
What are we, Jack?

Jack Toby:
What do you mean?

Paul Kersey:
I mean, if we're not pioneers, what have we become? What do you call people who, when they're faced with a condition or fear, do nothing about it, they just run and hide?

Jack Toby:
Civilized?

Paul Kersey:
No.

Sam Kreutzer:
I'll bet muggings are down, and they're afraid to tell us.

Paul Kersey:
There's only one way to find out. Take a walk on Columbus Avenue tonight.

Sam Kreutzer:
Thanks a lot, Paul. I think I'll wait for the official report.

Paul Kersey:
Hey!

Freak #1:
We want money, mother, now get it!

Freak #1:
Goddamn rich c*nt! I KILL RICH C*NTS!