Dirty Dancing Principles Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Dirty Dancing.

Quote #4

BABY: You always told me if someone was in trouble, I should try to help.

Baby isn't a born dancer, and odds are she wasn't magically born with her strong principles either. She learns to dance from Johnny, and it's her father who deserves a lot of credit for making Baby the honorable young woman she is.

Quote #5

JOHNNY: I've never known anyone like you. You see the world and you think you can make it better. Somebody's lost you find them. Somebody's bleeding and you…

BABY (interrupting): I go get my daddy. Yeah, that's really brave, like you said.

JOHNNY: That took a lot of guts to go to him! You are not scared of anything!

Johnny doesn't need any help moving his body, but Baby helps him move his spirit. Johnny admires Baby's principles, and he's been watching her to learn how to be a better man.

Quote #6

BABY: Why did you let him talk to you that way?

JOHNNY: What do you mean, and fight the boss man? […] Look I know these people, Baby, they are rich and they're mean. They won't listen to me.

BABY: Well then, why not fight harder, make them listen?

JOHNNY: Because I need this goddamned job lined up for next summer.

Once again, we see Baby's ignorance of reality rear its head. She believes Johnny should fight for what he believes in. Great. The problem is that Johnny doesn't have the privilege to fight. He's got way too much to lose. Only when Baby uses her privilege for good does she achieve change.