And liberty, in case you've forgotten, is a soul's right to breathe. And when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girded too tight. Without liberty, man is a syncope.

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9 seconds sound clip from the Good Will Hunting movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:24:26 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- There is a lengthy legal precedent, Your Honour, going back to 1789, whereby a defendant can claim self-defense against an agent of the government if that act is deemed a defence against tyranny, a defence of liberty.

- Your Honour, Henry Ward Beecher, in Proverbs from the Plymouth Pulpit, 1887, said, and I quote...

- 1887? This is the 20th century.

- He's gonna make a mockery of the courtroom.

- I am afforded the right to speak in my own defence, sir, by the Constitution of the United States. This is the same document which guarantees my liberty.

- And liberty, in case you've forgotten, is a soul's right to breathe. And when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girded too tight. Without liberty, man is a syncope.

- Man is a what?

- Ibid, Your Honour.

- Son, my turn. I've been sitting here for ten minutes now lookin' over this rap sheet of yours. I just can't believe it.

- June '93, assault. September '93, assault. Grand theft auto, February of '94.

- Where, apparently, you defended yourself and had the case thrown out by citing free property rights of horse and carriage from 1798. Joke.

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