Iron Jawed Angels (2004 TV Movie)
Molly Parker: Emily Leighton
Quotes
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Senator Leighton : I don't know a judge in this district that will give you custody right now.
Emily Leighton : You won't take my children.
Senator Leighton : And how are you going to stop me? Can you afford an attorney?
Emily Leighton : An attorney? To prove what? That I'm their mother? What will *your* judge say? That this is *your* house and *your* children? What am I to you, Tom, in your house? Chattel? This is how you punish me? I am their mother! They are not your children to take!
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Emily Leighton : I really don't follow politics, Ms. Burns. I haven't the head for it.
Lucy Burns : We're citizens or we're chattle: you don't really need a degree from Harvard to figure that out.
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Emily Leighton : They are the only reason I am here.