The Power of One (1992)

Stephen Dorff: P.K. Age 18

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Quotes 

• P.K. : How will they ever be included if they can't ever read or write English.

  St. John : I quite agree with you, P.K. But at the end of the day, it's only about a dozen people you're talking about teaching. How much difference will that really make?

  P.K. : A waterfall begins from only one drop of water, sir. Look what comes from that...

• [last lines] 

  P.K. : I remember my nanny would tell me, that if I listened to the wind, I would hear the voices of my life. I listened, and heard Doc talk about justice. I heard Geel Piet talk about hope. I heard Daboola Manzi, the odd medicine man, talk about courage. I heard Maria. These are the voices of my life, the voices of Africa. These are the voices I carry with me, as Duma and I set out together to help bring our country closer to a good tomorrow.

• Hoppie Gruenewald : Where did you learn to box like that?

  P.K. : Prison, sir.

  Hoppie Gruenewald : Are you training to be a boxer or a comedian?

• Prof. Daniel Marais : Laws define rights.

  P.K. : I agree, sir. But do they always define justice?

  Prof. Daniel Marais : Justice, young man, is only relative to who is in charge.

  P.K. : Quite true, sir. But perhaps how well they stay in charge is only relative to how well they dispense that justice.

• P.K. : If you had the opportunity to get to know me, would you take it?

  Maria Marais : Yah, I would.

  P.K. : Even if it meant going against your father's orders?

  Maria Marais : What do you call this?

• St. John : History disputes you.

  P.K. : History takes too long.

  St. John : Yes I know it does, but it's never kind to those who try to hurry it.

• P.K. : You're disrupting the sanctity of the church!

  Col. Bretyn : No, you are, Rooinek, with your damn race mixing ideas.

• P.K. : It makes no difference at all!

  Morrie Gilbert : You can't ignore the fact that the man's the intellectual darling of the National Party! He's got as much use for an English boy rutting after his beautiful Afrikaaner daughter as the Queen has for boules... Pardon my French!