Quantum Leap (TV Series)

Liberation - October 16, 1968 (1993)

Scott Bakula: Dr. Sam Beckett, Margaret Sanders

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Quotes 

• Admiral Al Calavicci : What a scene! Chicks in cells. Talk about your major fantasy.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Thank you for sharing. Now, what the hell am I doing here?

  Admiral Al Calavicci : What could be better? Chicks in *chains* in cells.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Al!

  Admiral Al Calavicci : That would be bet- What? Wh- Oh.

• [Diana has suggested a violent confrontation against the male society] 

  Dr. Sam Beckett : I understand that you cannot match strength in a physical confrontation.

  Diana St. Cloud : Unless we fight, nothing will change.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Fine. Fine, then fight them in the boardrooms, not in a street brawl. You wanna make a change? Take a lesson from Gandhi.

  Admiral Al Calavicci : Or King.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Or Martin Luther King. You go out and start a riot, and people will only notice what's wrong about you. But you state your beliefs in an orderly fashion, and people will notice what's wrong about the system.

• Suzanne Sanders : Are you sorry you burned your bra last night?

  Dr. Sam Beckett : [chuckles]  No. The last thing I ever wanna wear is another bra.

• [Sam is Margaret Sanders, a mother who becomes embroiled in the equal rights movement of the sixties] 

  Dr. Sam Beckett : [after an argument with George, Margaret's husband]  Nobody should be treated like that, Al. Nobody. Patronized, insulted like that. It's...

  Admiral Al Calavicci : George and all the other Georges in the world, they have no idea that they're denigrating women. It's just they were never taught to behave any other way.

• Admiral Al Calavicci : George is from a generation that was taught that women have a place, and men have a place, and never the twain shall meet.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Yes, well, if that's the system, then take it from somebody on this side in a, in a dress, okay? It should crash and burn!