A man got to have a code.

Omar Little

The Wire

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Topic

Moral principles Moral theory

Speaker

Omar Little

Actor

Michael Kenneth Williams

Source

The Wire

Medium

TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

2006 2000s 21st century

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Citation

"Unto Others." The Wire, written by David Simon and William F. Zorzi and Ed Burns, directed by Anthony Hemingway, season 4, episode 7, Blown Deadline Productions and Home Box Office, 2006.

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Medium
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Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
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Time
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