1923 (TV Series)

The Rule of Five Hundred (2023)

Harrison Ford: Jacob Dutton

Quotes 

• Jacob Dutton : There's this theory that these scientists came up with after studying tribes in India and Africa and South America. The smaller tribes didn't have any government, didn't need any. They could sit down and talk out their problems. Decide where to plant crops, to hunt. It was just a big family, really. But when the number of people got up around 500, because there wasn't any government, the strongest people would take advantage of the weakest. Every time, without fail, they would enslave, rape, steal. Enrich their lives at the expense of other people's lives. Government's man's way of trying to control our behavior, but it can't be controlled. It's what we are. Sooner or later, the kind of people that would enrich themselves at your expense will use the government to do it. And mark my words, one day they'll create laws to control what we say and how we think. They'll outlaw our right to disagree. If we let 'em.