In front of the full jury box. Beat.

GALVIN

You know, so much of the time we’re

lost. We say, ‘Please, God, tell

us what is right. Tell us what’s

true. There is no justice. The

rich win, the poor are powerless…’

We become tired of hearing people

lie. After a time we become dead.

A little dead. We start thinking

of ourselves as victims.

And we become victims.

And we become weak…and doubt

ourselves, and doubt our

institutions…and doubt our

beliefs…we say for example, `The

law is a sham…there is no law…I

was a fool for having believed

there was.’

But today you are the law.

You are the law… And

not some book and not the lawyers,

or the marble statues and the

trappings of the court…all that

they are is symbols. Of

our desire to be just…

All that they are, in effect, is a

prayer… a fervent, and

a frightened prayer. In my religion

we say, `Act as if you had faith,

and faith will be given to you.’

If. If we would have faith

in justice, we must only believe

in ourselves. And act with justice.

And I believe that there is

justice in our hearts.

Thank you.

(from The Verdict,written by David Mamet)