Gandhi (1982)

Peter Cartwright: European Passenger

Quotes 

• Conductor : [stopping Gandhi on the train in South Africa]  What are you doing in here, coolie?

  Gandhi : I reserved this car. I have a ticket.

  Conductor : How did you get hold of it?

  Gandhi : I sent for it by post. I am an attorney.

  European Passenger : An attorney! There are no colored attorneys in South Africa - move your black ass into third class where it belongs!

  Porter : I'll take your luggage, sir...

  Gandhi : No, wait.

  [he takes out his card and shows it] 

  Gandhi : You see? 'Mohandas K. Gandhi, Attorney at Law.' I am on my way to Pretoria to conduct a case...

  European Passenger : Didn't you hear me? There are no colored attorneys in South Africa!

  Gandhi : Sir, I was called to the bar in London, and enrolled in the High Court of Chancery. I am therefore an attorney. And since I am, in your eyes, 'colored,' I think we can deduce that there is at least one colored attorney in South Africa.