How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Seven.
Quote #1
DISTRICT ATTORNEY TALBOT: This will be the very definition of swift justice.
The District Attorney (Shaft!) could not be more wrong here. He says this when the greed murder is discovered, but there's a long road ahead. It's not the authorities that will be doling out justice; it's John Doe.
Quote #2
SOMERSET: He's preaching.
MILLS: He's punishing.
To John Doe, these two things seem to be one and the same. He's like Jonathan Edwards resurrected.
Quote #3
SOMERSET: But you got to be a hero. You want to be a champion, well, let me tell you, people don't want a champion.
Mills, unlike Somerset and many of the other cops, does want there to be justice. He thinks that the world can be a fair place where people who do evil are punished. Hmm—John Doe wants the same thing, doesn't he?