The Butler

"Now you take that trife low class bitch out of this house."

Louis Gaines: "Something special is going on down here, Dad."
Cecil Gaines: "What's so special about another colored man in jail?"

"I don't think God meant for people to not have a family."

"Cecil, we got two faces: ours, and the ones that we got to show the white folks. Now, to get up in the world, you have to make them feel non-threatened. Use that, them fancy words that I've taught you. White folks up north, they like some uppity coloreds. Yeah."

"Vietnam took my boy, and I didn't understand why we were there in the first place."

"Everything you are and everything you have, is because of that butler."

"Young brother, the black domestic defy racial stereotypes by being hardworking and trustworthy. He slowly tears down racial hatred with his example of a strong work ethic and dignified character. Now, while we perceive the butler or the maid to be subservient, in many ways they are subversive, without even knowing it."

Freddie Fallows: "Are you political, Mr. Gaines?"
Cecil Gaines: "No, sir."
Freddie Fallows: "Good. We have no tolerance for politics at the White House."