O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Daniel von Bargen: Sheriff Cooley

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Quotes 

• [about to be hung] 

  Ulysses Everett McGill : It ain't the law!

  Sheriff Cooley : The law? The law is a human institution.

• [as a noose is flung over Pete] 

  Sheriff Cooley : Stairway to heaven. We shall all meet by and by.

• Sheriff Cooley : Sweet summer rain. Like God's own mercy.