Free State of Jones Quote
Newton Knight: [eulogizing]These boys... These young men... They was your friends, your cousins, your brothers and your kin. But to those soldiers who didn't know 'em, they was just niggers. They was just somebody else's nigger. So somehow, some way or sometime, everybody is just somebody else's nigger. Mr. Moses, are you a nigger?
Moses: No, I'm not.
Newton Knight: What are you?
Moses: A free man, captain.
Newton Knight: Well, why's that?
Moses: 'Cause you cannot own a child of God.
Newton Knight: No, you cannot, can you? You can own a horse, you can own a mule or cow or an ox, but you... You cannot own a child of God.
Moses: No, I'm not.
Newton Knight: What are you?
Moses: A free man, captain.
Newton Knight: Well, why's that?
Moses: 'Cause you cannot own a child of God.
Newton Knight: No, you cannot, can you? You can own a horse, you can own a mule or cow or an ox, but you... You cannot own a child of God.
Movie: Free State of Jones
