Bell Mallory quotes from The Man in the High Castle

Bell Mallory

You don't have to do this. You can leave right now. Door's wide open. You will not be judged. [to young girl] Set the timer for 25 minutes. Enough time for you to get clear without anyone finding the parcel. [girls hum accordingly] Some of you will be captured. I know you know what that means. Most we can promise is to fight every day for your release. [to man preparing shoeboxes] That's some beautiful shoes you just cobbled together. Your families will be cared for. We don't forget what our soldiers have given to the struggle. We do this because we want the life our people have never had before.

Amen. That's a beautiful sound. Now, I see a lot of familiar faces in this room. Doctors, teachers, artists. And new faces, too. I bring good news. Two days ago, the first shipment of arms arrived from our allies in China. We gonna take this movement to the next stage. Now, I'm not gonna lie. There will be sacrifices. But for us, that price is nothing new. Most everyone in this room has someone got put on a train in the Reich, ain't never came back. For my wife, and my daughter, the train stopped at a camp in Saginaw, Michigan.

Onslow, North Carolina.

Sorry for your loss, brother.

Shiloh, Pennsylvania. James and Martha Arnold.

James and Martha. Sorry for your loss, ma'am.

Thank you. [guests start reciting the names of their loved ones and the concentration camps they ended up in]

Bell Mallory

[quietly and teary-eyed] Moulton, Alabama. Daddy and Mama.

How about right here in San Francisco, California? [everybody looks at him] William Pullum. Y'all know what I'm talking about. Shot in the back by the Kempeitai nine blocks from here. And that was just last week.

Last week?! This same chain of violence runs through our whole history in this country, from slavery to this very day. You've served your people as doctors, teachers and artists. But tonight? Tonight I'm looking for men and women to be soldiers. Who's ready to be a soldier?

DJ Evangeline coming to you live from Resistance Radio with breaking news from the JPS.

Bell Mallory

I speak for the Oakland Battalion of the Black Communist Rebellion. We claim responsibility for today's attacks on the vital services, command-and-control, and oil infrastructure of the Japanese occupiers. We seek an autonomous territory for black people on the West Coast. And we will never quit. And the Empire's oil will not flow until we get our homeland. All power to the people.

All power to the people, indeed, Sister. There you have it, direct from the BCR.

Bell Mallory

Who are you?

My name is Okami.

Mallory

The BCR has claimed this place in the name of the people of San Francisco. You'd do well to be on the next ship out of here.

[nurses cigarette, but puts it down] We're not going anywhere.

Mallory

"We"?

The services we provide are always in demand. No matter who occupies the throne.

Gokudo. Yakuza.

Mallory

You have no place in San Francisco anymore.

You're going to need us. To restore electricity. Water. The oil pipeline. [calmly stands up] It's one thing to overthrow a government. It's another thing to be the government.

Mallory

We've come this far. We don't need you.

[walks to the door but politely bows to Mallory as everybody has their guns aimed at him. takes one last look] You know how to find us. [leaves]