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Gideon: Careful, Chief. You dig up the past, all you get is dirty. Gideon: You're a part of my flock now, John. Welcome. It's actually kind of a rush. They say you have visions. That your life flashes before your eyes. That all your dreams come true. Lycon: It's like my daddy used to say: in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. Dr. Solomon Eddie: You do understand I can't just give you new irises. The scanners will read the scar tissue, alarms will go off, and large men with guns will appear … Wally the Caretaker: I like you, Chief. You've always been nice to me. I'll give you two minutes before I hit the alarm.

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John Anderton: Why'd you catch that? Danny Witwer: Because it was going to fall. John Anderton: You're certain? Danny Witwer: Yeah. John Anderton: But it didn't fall. You caught it. The fact that you prevented it from happening doesn't change the fact that it was going to happen.

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John Anderton: [about Witwer's father] What does he think about your chosen line of work? Danny Witwer: I don't know. He was shot and killed when I was 15 on the steps of our church in Dublin. I know what it's like to lose someone close, John. 'Course, nothing is like the loss of a child. I don't have any children of my own, so I can only imagine what that must've been like. To lose your son – in such a public place like that. At least now you and I have the chance to make sure that kind of thing doesn't happen to anyone – John Anderton: Why don't you cut the cute act, Danny boy, and tell me exactly what it is you're looking for? Danny Witwer: Flaws. John Anderton: There hasn't been a murder in 6 years. There's nothing wrong with the system, it is-- Danny Witwer: Perfect. I agree. But if there's a flaw, it's human. It always is.

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Danny Witwer: I thought they stopped the murder? Jad: That's just an echo. Precog déjà vu. Some of the really bad ones, the precogs see over and over again.

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Anderton: Cops aren't allowed inside the Temple. Witwer: Really? You've never been inside? Anderton: We keep strict separation so that no one can be accused of tampering. Witwer: So I'll be the first one to go in, then. Anderton: Maybe you didn't hear me. Witwer: If it's a question of authority... Anderton: No, there is no question. You don't have any. Witwer: I have a warrant in my pocket that says different. Anderton: Show it to me.

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Lamar Burgess: You can't run, John! John Anderton: Everybody runs.

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John Anderton: You can tell me how someone could fake a pre-vision. Dr. Iris Hineman: How would I know that? John Anderton: Because you invented Precrime. Dr. Iris Hineman: [laughs dryly] If a series of genetic mistakes and science gone haywire can be called "invention", then yes, I invented Precrime. John Anderton: You don't sound very proud. Dr. Iris Hineman: I'm not. I was trying to cure them, not turn them into something else. John Anderton: Cure who? Dr. Iris Hineman: The innocents we now use to stop the guilty. John Anderton: You're talking about... the Precogs. Dr. Iris Hineman: You think the three in the tank came out of a test tube? They are merely the ones who survived.

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John Anderton: I'm not a murderer. I've never even met the man I'm supposed to kill. Dr. Iris Hineman: And yet, a chain of events has started, a chain that will lead inexorably to his death. John Anderton: Not if I stay away from him. Dr. Iris Hineman: How can you avoid a man you've never met?

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John Anderton: Why should I trust you? Dr. Iris Hineman: You shouldn't. You shouldn't trust anyone. Certainly not the Attorney General who just wants it all for himself, and not the young Federal agent who wants your job, not even the old man who just wants to hold on to what he created. Don't trust anyone. Just find the Minority Report.

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Rufus T. Riley: Yeah, being concert master for the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra is one of our most popular choices. Customer: No, no, no. I wanna kill my boss. Rufus T. Riley: You sick bastard. You're the kind of person that makes this a terrible world to live in!

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Lara Anderton: I'd like a word with my husband. Gideon: You're not authorized. How did you get in here?

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Agatha: Think about the lives that little girl has saved. Lamar Burgess: Think about all the lives that little girl has saved. Think about all the lives she will save. That little girl could have saved Sean. John Anderton: Don't you EVER SAY HIS NAME!! Male Precog #1: You used the memory of my dead son to set me up. John Anderton: You used the memory of my dead son to set me up!! That was the one thing you knew that would drive me to murder! Male Precog #2: What are you gonna do now, Lamar? John Anderton: What are you gonna do now, Lamar? Male Precog #2: How are you gonna - John Anderton: - shut me up? Male Precog #1: Forgive me, John.

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John Anderton: No doubt the precogs have already seen this. Lamar Burgess: No doubt. John Anderton: You see the dilemma, don't you? If you don't kill me, the precogs were wrong and Precrime is over. If you do kill me, you go away, but it proves the system works. The precogs were right. [Lowers his hood, exposing a shaved head] So, what are you gonna do now? What's it worth? Just one more murder? You'll rot in hell with a halo, but people will still believe in Precrime. All you have to do is kill me, like they said you would. [Burgess raises his revolver] Except - you know your own future, which means you can change it if you want to. You still have a choice, Lamar. Like I did. Lamar Burgess: [Steps closer to John] Yes. I have a choice. And I've made it. Forgive me, John. [Fires a shot] Forgive me... [Leans against John for support as Precrime officers arrive] Forgive me, my boy... [Collapses to the floor and dies, having shot himself]