Quote: Ruth: [after seeing a movie about abortion] I slept in a few dumpsters. Maybe I slept on some babies. [Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996] Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996]]
Quote: Ruth's Mother: Ruth, you listen to me! Don't you do it! What if I'd aborted you?
Ruth: Well at least I wouldn't have had to suck your boyfriend's cock!
Ruth's Mother: Don't you bring that up again! That's ancient history! I've been saved!
Ruth: Fuck you! [Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996] Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996]]
Quote: [Ruth is the on phone after seeing a news report about her]
Ruth: You wanna send a message? I ain't no fucking telegram, bitch!
[pause]
Ruth: Nothing's wrong! I'm fine now. You think I'm a fool. You're the fool, cause guess what? This is a war and Diane's a spy. How bout that?
[pause]
Ruth: Now you're catching on!
[pause]
Ruth: Oh yeah! Well you're a cunt! [Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996] Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996]]
Quote: Ruth: What's the mater? Are you fuckin' people deaf? I said I want an abortion. [Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996] Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996]]
Quote: Rachel: Oh shit! A vigil. [Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996] Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996]]
Quote: Ruth: I'm gonna stay here. and I'm gonna have that abortion like I wanted. 'Cause I'm a citizen and... and I got my rights to, um, PICK! [Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996] Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996]]
Quote: Ruth: I don't wanna go back to jail again. Least not for more than a week or two. [Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996] Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996]]
Quote: Rachel: It is always women like you who are most victimized by anti-choice: indigent women, third-world women, women of color.
Ruth: I'm not a colored woman! [Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996] Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996]]
Quote: Clinic Nurse: Let me just ask you something, Ruth. Have you ever really taken the time to think about what it means to have an abortion?
Ruth: Yeah, um, it means that I don't have to go to jail and it means I don't have to have another baby and it means that I can start getting my life together ...
Clinic Nurse: I, I, I, I, I. Don't you think that's all just a little selfish? [Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996] Movie: Citizen Ruth [1996]]