Ben quotes from Daredevil

Ben

There are no heroes, no villains. Just people with different agendas.

Ben

"You get what you deserve." It's an old saying. One that survived the years, because it's true. For the most part. But not for everyone. Some get more than they deserve. Because they believe they aren't like everyone else. That the rules, the ones people like me and you, the people that work and struggle to live our lives, just live, don't apply to them. That they can do anything and live happily ever after, while the rest of us suffer. They do this from the shadows. Shadows that we cast with our indifference. With a pervasive lack of interest in anything that doesn't directly affect us, we, in the here and now. Or maybe it's just the shadow of weariness. Of how tired we are, struggling to claw our way back to a middle class that no longer exist, because of those who take more than they deserve. And they keep taking, until all that's left for the rest of us is a memory of how it used to be before the corporations and the bottom line decided we didn't matter anymore. But we do. You and I, the people of this city, we still matter. There's someone in Hell's Kitchen that doesn't share this belief. He's been among us for quite some time. You've never heard his name. You've never seen his face. He's stayed in the shadows. Because men like him, men that want to control our city, our lives, fear the light and what it reveals. This man must no longer be allowed to operate in the darkness. If he has nothing to hide, let him step forward.

Karen

What? So that's it?

Stories like this are built on sources, Miss Page. Credible sources. I did some digging into your, uh... past activities.

Karen

Well, I did some digging, too. I read every big story with your byline. The VA kickbacks, toxic runoff, the Teachers Union scandal. Hell, you pretty much brought down the Italian mob back when I was in diapers! What ever happened to that reporter, Mr. Urich?

Ben

He got old. And a hell of a lot less stupid.

Daredevil

I didn't blow the hell out of the Russians. And I didn't shoot those cops.

Ben

So, what? You want me to write your side of this?

Daredevil

No, I want you to expose the man responsible. The man who's tearing this city apart, piece by piece.

Ben

You got a name?

Daredevil

Wilson Fisk.

Ben

Never heard of him.

Daredevil

Because he doesn't want you to. That's what makes him dangerous. Living in the shadows, no one knowing who he is.

Ben

Said the man in the mask.

Karen

You think someone's trying to kill Fisk?

Ben

I've been writing about crime in this city since before you were born. The only thing I know without a doubt is you don't get to be the man at the top without making enemies looking to tear you down to the ground.

Ben

Run the article. It'll sell papers, it's sexy.

You sound like a whore.

Ben

Well, I learned how to be one from you. I get lucky sometimes, sure. Land a story that makes a difference, like Union Allied. But most of the time, now, working for this paper... I might as well be wearing lipstick and a red dress.

Ben

People seek the truth no matter where they find it.

Fisk

That may have been the case when you and I were young. This world around us is preoccupied with celebrity weddings and videos of cats. But complicated issues, issues that matter? They take too much focus. They take too much time away from texting and the thousand channels on the satellite dish.

Ben

Guess I have more faith in humanity.

Fisk

Ah. So did Christ, if I recall. I'll go. Just one more thing: Were you alone when you spoke to my mother?

Ben

[realizing] Your guy at the Bulletin?

Fisk

Yes, I received a call that was upsetting. Were you alone?

Ben

Yeah. I was alone.

Fisk

Wesley, was that you?

Ben

Wesley?

Fisk

Yes, I didn't think so. You're a man of principle, of conviction. I understand that, I even admire it. But you went after my mother. That's not something that I can forgive.

Ben

I wrote a lot of stories in my years pushing ink. You know how many times people have threatened me get me to keep my mouth shut?

Fisk

[seething with rage] But this is my mother that you brought into this, Mr. Urich. My mother! So I am not here to threaten you. I'm here to KILL you! [Fisk stands up and grabs Urich by the neck. Urich struggles. Fisk throws him to the ground and chokes him to death with his bare hands]