[ti:Scent Of A Woman Speech By Al]
[ar:Al pacino]
[al:]

[00:00.05]Mr. Simms, you are a cover-up artist...and you are a liar.
[00:04.35]But not a snitch !
[00:06.97]Excuse me ?
[00:09.72]No, I don't think I will.
[00:10.90]- Mr. Slade.
[00:12.48]- This is such a crock of shit !
[00:17.08]Please watch your language,
[00:18.09]Mr. Slade.You are in the Baird school,not a barracks.
[00:20.94]Mr. Simms, I will give you one final opportunity to speak up.
[00:24.94]Mr. Simms doesn't want it.
[00:27.65]He doesn't need to be labeled...
[00:29.73]"still worthy of being a Baird man."
[00:31.91]What the hell is that ?
[00:34.14]What is your motto here ?
[00:36.50]"Boys, inform on your classmates, save your hide;
[00:40.49]anything short of that, we're gonna burn you at the stake" ?
[00:43.39]Well, gentlemen,
[00:46.33]when the shit hits the fan,some guys run...
[00:49.36]and some guys stay.
[00:51.87]Here's Charlie facin' the fire,and there's George...
[00:55.51]hidin' in big daddy's pocket.
[00:57.43]And what are you doin' ?
[00:59.04]You're gonna reward George. and destroy Charlie.
[01:04.47]-Are you finished, Mr. Slade ?
[01:06.58]-No, I'm just gettin' warmed up.
[01:09.33]I don't know who went to this place.
[01:12.27]William Howard Taft,
[01:13.37]William Jennings Bryant,
[01:15.27]William Tell, whoever.
[01:16.66]Their spirit is dead,
[01:19.37]if they ever had one.It's gone.
[01:21.21]You're buildin' a rat ship here,
[01:24.09]a vessel for seagoin' snitches.
[01:27.48]And if you think you're preparin' these minnows for manhood,
[01:31.16]you better think again,
[01:33.19]because I say you are
[01:34.36]killin' the very spirit...
[01:35.83]this institution proclaims it instills.
[01:39.74]What a sham.
[01:41.74]What kind of a show are you guys puttin' on here today ?
[01:44.30]I mean, the only class in this act is sittin' next to me.
[01:48.34]I'm here to tell you this boy's soul is intact.
[01:52.25]It's non-negotiable. You know how I know ?
[01:55.03]Someone here, and I'm not gonna say who,offered to buy it.
[01:59.54]- Only Charlie here wasn't sellin'.
[02:01.18]- Sir, you're out of order.
[02:02.08]I show you out of order.
[02:04.72]You don't know what out of order is, Mr. Trask.
[02:08.24]I'd show you, but I'm too old,
[02:09.78]I'm too tired, too fuckin' blind.
[02:12.91]If I were the man I was five years ago, I'd take...a flamethrower to this place !
[02:21.59]Out of order ? Who the hell you think you're talkin' to ?
[02:26.36]I've been around, you know ?
[02:29.10]There was a time I could see.
[02:32.08]And I have seen.
[02:34.03]Boys like these, younger than these,
[02:36.17]their arms torn out, their legs ripped off.
[02:40.28]But there is nothin' like the sight...of an amputated spirit.
[02:45.49]There is no prosthetic for that.
[02:49.99]You think you're merely sendin' this splendid foot soldier...
[02:53.41]back home to Oregon with his tail between his legs,
[02:56.38]but I say you are...executin' HIS SOUL !
[03:01.98]And why ?
[03:04.22]Because he's not a Baird man.
[03:07.27]Baird men.
[03:08.81]You hurt this boy,
[03:10.03]you're gonna be Baird bums, the lot of you.
[03:13.13]And, Harry, Jimmy,
[03:15.75]Trent, wherever you are out there,
[03:18.82]fuck you too !
[03:23.36]Stand down, Mr. Slade !
[03:24.76]I'm not finished.
[03:27.81]As I came in here,
[03:30.16]I heard those words:
[03:31.88]"cradle of leadership."
[03:35.44]Well, when the bough breaks,
[03:37.34]the cradle will fall, and it has fallen here.
[03:40.78]It has fallen.
[03:42.35]Makers of men, creators of leaders.
[03:45.24]Be careful what kind of leaders you're producin' here.
[03:49.19]I don't know if Charlie's silence here today...is right or wrong;
[03:54.03]I'm not a judge or jury.
[03:55.63]But I can tell you this:
[03:57.39]he won't sell anybody out...to buy his future !
[04:02.77]And that, my friends, is called integrity.
[04:06.91]That's called courage.
[04:08.51]Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of.
[04:17.60]Now I have come to the crossroads in my life.
[04:22.05]I always knew what the right path was.
[04:26.51]Without exception, I knew, but I never took it.
[04:30.34]You know why ?
[04:32.45]It was too damn hard.
[04:37.13]Now here's Charlie. He's come to the crossroads.
[04:40.21]He has chosen a path. It's the right path.
[04:44.76]It's a path made of principle...that leads to character.
[04:51.48]Let him continue on his journey.
[04:55.98]You hold this boy's future in your hands, Committee.
[05:00.70]It's a valuable future,
[05:03.43]believe me.
[05:05.33]Don't destroy it.
[05:07.02]Protect it.
[05:09.71]Embrace it.
[05:11.55]It's gonna make you proud one day, I promise you.