How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Being a copper I like to see the law win. I'd like to see the flashy well-dressed mugs like Eddie Mars spoiling their manicures in the rock quarry at Folsom […]. That's what I'd like. You and me both lived too long to think I'm likely to see it happen. Not in this town, not in any town half this size, in any part of this wide, green and beautiful U.S.A. We just don't run our country that way." (30.12)
Captain Gregory talks to Marlowe about his work as a policeman. Gregory seems to be just as disillusioned as Marlowe. They both feel that there's a gap between justice and the law. Why doesn't the law always win? Why aren't the right criminals caught the way they should be?