You go public, and 30 million people hear what you gotta say, nothing - I mean nothing -...

Lowell Bergman: You go public, and 30 million people hear what you gotta say, nothing - I mean nothing - will ever be the same again. You believe that? Jeffrey Wigand: No. Lowell Bergman: You should. Because when you're done, the judgement is gonna go down in the court of public opinion, my friend. And that's... the power you have. Jeffrey Wigand: You believe that? Lowell Bergman: I believe that? Yes, I believe that. Jeffrey Wigand: You believe that because you get information out to people, something happens? Lowell Bergman: Yes. Jeffrey Wigand: Maybe that's what you've been telling yourself all these years to justify having a good job. Having status. Maybe for the audience, its just voyeurism, something to do on a Sunday night. And maybe it won't change a fucking thing. And people like myself, and my family are left hung out to dry, used up, broke, alone. Lowell Bergman: Are you talking to me, or did somebody else just walk in here? I never forced any of that... Jeffrey Wigand: I don't really understand, exactly... Lowell Bergman: Don't evade a choice you gotta make by questioning my reputation or 60 Minutes with this cheap skepticism. Jeffrey Wigand: I have to put my family's welfare on the line here, my friend, and what are you putting up? You're putting up words. Lowell Bergman: "Words." While you've been dicking around some fucking company golf tournaments, I've been out in the world, giving my word... and backing it up with action. Now, are you gonna go and do this thing, or not? Jeffrey Wigand: I said I'd call the kids before they went to bed.