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Judge Walker: Your honor, this is a small country town. We've always thought that what happened here was our own private concern. This is no longer true. Just as it is no longer true that our country as a whole can exist entirely to itself. What is done in our courts in cases such as this has become a matter of moment in the eyes of the world. Let us examine our conscience. Let us look into our attitude and our tradition. Let us take care lest it be said of us that here there is neither law nor justice
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Your Honor this is a small country town
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We've always thought that what happened here was our own private concern
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This is no longer true
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just as it is no longer true that our country as a whole
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can exist entirely to itself
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What is done in our courts in cases such as this
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has become a matter of moment in the eyes of the world
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Let us examine our conscience Let us look into our attitude and our tradition
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Let us take care lest it be said of us that here
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there is neither law nor justice
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Movie Summary
A light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race.
