Posted by
Conservative Swordfighters Club on Friday, June 20, 2008 8:11:05 PM
"Blood Diamond" (2006 action movie with Leonardo DiCaprio)
For me as a conservative, these lines of dialogue raise the movie above most other Hollywood movies:
Archer (DiCaprio): So you think because your intentions are good they'll spare you, eh?
Benjamin Margai: My heart always told me that people are inherently good. My experience suggests otherwise. But what about you, Mr. Archer? In your long career as a journalist, would you say that people are mostly good?
Archer: No, I'd say they are just people.
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I would've preferred the scene end there. But Margai has one last line, which isn't too bad:
Margai: Exactly. It is what they do that makes them good or bad. A moment of love, even in a bad man, can give meaning to a life. None of us knows which path may lead us to God.
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I recommend this movie.