The Hurricane

The Hurricane Quotes

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [to Lesra] Hate put me in prison. Love's gonna bust me out.
Lesra: The man's innocent. And he's been in jail fifteen or sixteen years. It's not right.
Terry Swinton: I know that's what his book says.
Sam Chaiton: Two juries found him guilty, Les.
Lesra: Two white juries.
Lisa Peters: Hey, hey. Not all white people are racist.
Lesra: Not all black people are murderers.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [to the Warden] I'm innocent. I've committed no crime. A crime's been committed against me.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: He who bemoans the lack of opportunity, forgets that small doors many times open up into large rooms.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [to Les] It's very important to transcend places that hold us.
Mae Thelma Carter: Rubin, I ain't walking nowhere from you.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: I'm dead. Just bury me.
Theo: We're looking for two Negros in a white car.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: Any two will do?
Reporter: Mr. Carter, now that you're out, are you still going to be The Hurricane?
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: Oh, I'll always be The Hurricane. And The Hurricane is... beautiful.
[last lines]
Announcer: Everybody wanted this victory and Hurricane has delivered.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [addressing the court] Twenty years spent locked up in a cage considered as a danger to society.
Myron Bedlock: [to Judge Sarokin] Your Honor, this case was built on a foundation of lies.
Detective at Hospital: Are these the two men who shot you? Look carefully, Sir. Are these the two men who did this to you?
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: He said "no".
Detective at Hospital: Move closer.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: He said "no".
Detective at Hospital: Move closer.
Det. Sgt. Della Pesca: Take another look, Sir.
Book Lady: Okay, young man. That'll be twenty five cents.
Lesra: 25 cent? Must not be much of a book.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [voice over narration] The one thing I could do, and the only thing was box. I had tasted my own blood and I loved it.
Lesra: Why'd you do all that?
Terry Swinton: 'Cause you were smart and funny.
Sam Chaiton: And short. We figured it'd be good for you to spend a little time with some tall white people.
Terry Swinton: Yeah, Absolutely.
Lesra: [observing the prison] This is some place.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: This is no place, not for a human being or anybody. Never get used to a place like this.
Announcer: Hurricane Carter has defeated the welter weight champion of the world!
Sam Chaiton: Can he see us?
Terry Swinton: Yeah, he can see you.
Det. Sgt. Della Pesca: You are making enemies that you don't know exist.
Det. Sgt. Della Pesca: I'm gonna take your black ass down Mr. Fucking Champion of the World.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: I got your black fucking champion right between my legs you short punk bitch.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [addressing the court] Justice is all I ask for. Justice.
Lisa Peters: You can't understand living without you.
Lesra: [to Rubin] Dear Mr. Carter, I read your book.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: You think I killed those people son?
Lesra: Now I know you didn't.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: How do you know?
Lesra: I just know.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: Fifteen years on.
Sam Chaiton: [to Lesra] You know what Les, sometimes we don't pick the books we read, they pick us.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [voice over narration] Hurricane is the professional name that I acquired later on in life. Carter is the slave name that was given to my forefathers, who worked in the cotton fields of Alabama and Georgia. It was passed onto me.
[first lines]
Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, this fine young fighter will be right here in Pittsburg on the boxing cog, this Monday night.
Judge Larner: Rubin Carter, John Artis, for the murder of James Oliver, it is the courts sentence that you be imprisoned for the remainder of your natural life.
Lesra: [to Rubin] I would like to come and visit you if that would be alright.
Terry Swinton: We all believe in your innocence.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: I've been innocence for 16 years. That's how long I've been in here. Innocence is a highly over-rated commodity.
Lisa Peters: Your first book, huh?
Lesra: Yeah.
Lisa Peters: Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter.
Det. Sgt. Della Pesca: Can you believe that black punk? Thinks he's champion of the world. Fighter of the year my ass. He's a low life criminal.

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