How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from 12 Angry Men.
Quote #4
JUROR #3: Now these are the facts. You can't refute facts. The kid is guilty. I'm just as sentimental as the next fella. I know he's only 18.
Juror #3 continues to talk about facts as a way of hiding his prejudice. He claims that he has sympathy for the kid who's on trial for murder, but we know that this guy has a lot of personal hang-ups about sons not respecting their fathers, and he's perfectly willing to send the kid to the electric chair as a result.
Quote #5
JUROR #10: He's twisting the facts. Did or didn't the old man see the kid running out of the house at 12:10?
When Juror #8 calls into question whether one of the murder witnesses (an old man) saw the defendant running away from the crime scene, Juror #10 gets really angry and accuses #8 of twisting the facts. But that's just the thing: if facts can be twisted, then how reliable are they?
Quote #6
JUROR #3: What are you talkin' about? I mean, we're all going crazy in here or something.
Like Juror #10, Juror #3 can't believe it when he sees the room starting to turn toward a "Not Guilty" verdict. He assumes that everyone around him is going crazy. After all, there are some people who just aren't all that good at changing their minds about something once they've decided on it. And this can make their version of reality really rigid.