Pickpocket (1959)

Jean Pélégri: L'inspecteur principal

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• L'inspecteur principal : A useful thief, then? A benefactor? That's the world upside down.

  Michel : It's already upside down. This could set it right.

• Michel : Can we not admit that certain skilled men, gifted with intelligence, talent or even genius, and thus indispensable to society, rather than stagnate, should be free to disobey laws in certain cases?

  L'inspecteur principal : That could be difficult. And dangerous.

  Michel : Society could only gain from it.

  L'inspecteur principal : Who will identify these supermen?

  Michel : They themselves. Their conscience.

  L'inspecteur principal : You know any man who doesn't think he's exceptional?

• L'inspecteur principal : Stealing from your mother isn't really stealing.