Prince of the City Page #5

F*** you!

You guys are winning in the end,

anyway.

We're out there selling ourselves

and our families.

These people we take from own us.

I know what you guys think of us.

That we're the only thing

between you and the jungle.

You don't understand!

We're on the inside!

You've got the same kind of dirt

under your fingernails as me.

Sure, I give my informants heroin.

They got nobody but me,

and they're sick, and they're helpless...

...and I feel responsible for them.

But under the law, I give them junk,

and that's the same as selling.

That's a felony.

So why don't you arrest me right now?

You got the same use for me down

the line as I got with my informants.

But you're United States attorneys.

If you have guilty knowledge of a felony,

and you don't move against me...

...then you're committing a felony,

so don't give me any sh*t.

I mean, everybody's

using everybody, right?

So, what I want is...

And let's get this straight.

If I decide to do this thing,

I will not give up my partners.

I want the unit broken up,

so that they can be protected.

They're not doing anything, but...

We'll transfer them out of SIU.

It's time for normal rotation, anyway.

I gotta think. I gotta have more time.

So who you gonna hurt?

Your partners? Gus? Gino?

- You're gonna ruin their lives?

- Don't be crazy.

I'm not gonna implicate

anybody close to us.

They're gonna break up the unit

and rotate the partners at SIU.

- I'm gonna call the shots.

- You think they're gonna let you choose?

You think they're gonna say:

"Okay, Dan, whoever you wanna

tell us about, you decide"?

Is that what you think?

I know you feel guilty.

Other people are guiltier than you.

Everybody's guilty.

Mary McLenan, you ought to hear her.

"My Neddie, he's snow white.

He's an angel."

Then we're in the bank together,

and she's got 400 $ 1 bills for deposit.

Her angel's been taking

from some old woman...

...doing the numbers in a candy store.

I feel lousy, Carla.

The other night I was with my junkies,

and I got mean.

They break my heart, and I got mean.

Remember what it was like

when I was starting out on the roofs?

How good it felt?

I wanna feel that way again.

This guy, Cappalino, he's gonna

force you to hurt your friends...

...people who've been good to you.

Always when I hear you or Gus or Joe,

any of the guys...

...you always say nothing's worse

than to be a...

A rat.

A rat is when they catch you and make

you inform. Nobody caught me.

This is my setup. This is my action.

And I'm never gonna hurt my partners.

It'll happen.

How are you gonna live with that?

How am I gonna live with you

while you live with that?

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