Deacons for Defense (2003 TV Movie)

Jonathan Silverman: Michael Deane

Quotes 

• [dropping two civil right workers off at the county line] 

  Lawson : Now the only reason you boys ain't hurtin' is because you got the same skin color as God. But this is a one-time pass. Remember what happened to those northern boys in Mississippi.

  [Sheriff smacks Deane across the mouth] 

  Lawson : Y'all know which way to go.

  [Sheriff drives away then Deane walks back] 

  Michael Deane : Let's go.

  Charles Hillibrand : What are you kidding me?

  Michael Deane : No, I'm not kidding.

  Charles Hillibrand : They're not fooling around, Michael. They *will* kill us. Why are you willing to die for this? Do you hear me?

  Michael Deane : Why, Charlie? Because our skin, is *not* the same color as God's.

• Michael Deane : I don't want you to be ashamed of a damn thing. Truth is, only reason anyone listens to us at all is 'cause they're too afraid to deal with you.

• Michael Deane : Do you know what the Klan is, Mr. Garrison? Because for me, coming from up north, this has been one eye-opening experience.

  Garrison : I know what the Klan is.

  Michael Deane : I don't think you do. The Klan is not beer-drinking rednecks with sheets on their heads. The Klan is an incredibly violent paramilitary fascist organization that dictates to the police, the local government, the school boards. It's more murderous, pervasive, and influential than any criminal organization in the United States, including the Mafia, and the only reason that Hoover and the rest of the world is not up in arms about it is because their victims are black.