Quantum Leap (TV Series)
Liberation - October 16, 1968 (1993)
Scott Bakula: Dr. Sam Beckett, Margaret Sanders
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Quotes
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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.
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[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.
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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.
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[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.
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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!