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Mike Milligan
- Mike Milligan: So... is this a conversation about how it's time for me to pack up and go home?
- Lou Solverson: No. Don't have to go home. It's a big country. Just maybe don't be here.
- Mike Milligan: Are you familiar with the phrase "manifest destiny"?
- Lou Solverson: Yeah, but see, here's the thing. I own two pairs of shoes: a summer pair and one for winter. We're not meant to have more than we can handle, is what I mean. So, this need for conquest, you know, tryin' to own things that aren't meant to be owned...
- Mike Milligan: Like people?
- Lou Solverson: That's an example. But also places. Believin' we can tame things. That's a problem, right? Not a solution.
- Mike Milligan: You're saying capitalism is a problem?
- Lou Solverson: No. Greed. Makin' this thing all or nothin'.
- Lou Solverson: So you got a response to my "all or nothing" line?
- Mike Milligan: Sometimes... there's a man.
- Lou Solverson: What... What man?
- Mike Milligan: Just a man. He works in a factory. One day, the boss gets it in his mind that the man is stealing from him. So every night at the gate, the guards search his wheelbarrow. But they never find anything.
- Ben Schmidt: Pat him down.
- Mike Milligan: Oh, they do that. Strip him naked. Nothing.
- Ben Schmidt: So... he's not stealing.
- Mike Milligan: Of course he is.
- Lou Solverson: Wheelbarrows.
- Mike Milligan: Thank you. That's right. He's stealing wheelbarrows.
- Ben Schmidt: [frowns, confused] What?
- Mike Milligan: My point is, sometimes the answer is so obvious, you can't see it because you're looking too hard. See, we can't leave because we're the future, and they're the past. The past can no more become the future than the future can become the past.
- Mike Milligan: [on the phone] Yes, sir. Maybe... "under control" was the wrong phrase, given what's happened.
- Hamish Broker: You said - when they killed Bulo, you said this Gerhardt outfit was a stuffed shirt. Now I'm standing here with blood on my socks!
- Mike Milligan: I can handle it.
- Hamish Broker: The hell you say! Braverman stood for you, said, "He's not like the other darkies. This one's smart, capable."
- Mike Milligan: Sir...
- Hamish Broker: But that is not what I'm seeing.
- Mike Milligan: And I appreciate the opportunity... sir, believing as I do, like the good Dr. King said, a man should be judged on the content of his character, not the color of his skin.
- Hamish Broker: Yeah, he's dead. You're gonna need a different quote.
- Mike Milligan: Now, ironically, in astronomy, the word "revolution" means "a celestial object that comes full circle." Did you know that? Which, if you think about it, is pretty funny, considering here on earth it means change.