Henry Fonda
(as William Russell)
Joe Cantwell:
I don't understand you.
William Russell: I know you don't. Because you have no sense of responsibility towards anyone or anything. And that is a tragedy in a man, and a disaster in a president.
William Russell: I know you don't. Because you have no sense of responsibility towards anyone or anything. And that is a tragedy in a man, and a disaster in a president.
Lee Tracy
(as President Art Hockstader)
President Art Hockstader:
[Slyly] You know, those rumors about you and lady friends... they won't do you a bit of harm.
Lee Tracy
(as President Art Hockstader)
Henry Fonda
(as William Russell)
President Art Hockstader:
Major Bascomb... do I understand, by the way you are slowly beating around the bush, that Joe Cantwell is what we used to call a dee-generate?
Sheldon Bascomb: Yes, sir. That's just what I'm saying.
William Russell: I don't believe it. No man with that awful wife and those ugly children could be anything but normal.
Sheldon Bascomb: Yes, sir. That's just what I'm saying.
William Russell: I don't believe it. No man with that awful wife and those ugly children could be anything but normal.
Lee Tracy
(as President Art Hockstader)
President Art Hockstader:
Power is not a toy we give to good children. It is a weapon. And the strong man takes it and uses it. If you don't go down there and beat Joe Cantwell to the floor with this very dirty stick, then you've got no business in the big league. Because if you don't fight, the job is not for you. And it never will be.
Lee Tracy
(as President Art Hockstader)
President Art Hockstader:
There have been moments when I have questioned your methods.
Joe Cantwell: Well, you have to fight fire with fire, Mr. President.
President Art Hockstader: And the end justifies the means?
Joe Cantwell: Well, yes, sir. Yes. That is what I believe.
President Art Hockstader: Well, son, I have news for you about both politics and life... and may I say the two are exactly the same thing? There are no ends, Joe, only means...
Joe Cantwell: Well, you have to fight fire with fire, Mr. President.
President Art Hockstader: And the end justifies the means?
Joe Cantwell: Well, yes, sir. Yes. That is what I believe.
President Art Hockstader: Well, son, I have news for you about both politics and life... and may I say the two are exactly the same thing? There are no ends, Joe, only means...
Lee Tracy
(as President Art Hockstader)
President Art Hockstader:
Y'know, it's not that I object to your being a bastard, don't get me wrong there. It's your being such a stupid bastard that I object to.
Henry Fonda
(as William Russell)
President Art Hockstader:
You're not crazy, are you?
William Russell: Any man that wants to be President is crazy.
William Russell: Any man that wants to be President is crazy.
Henry Fonda
(as William Russell)
Henry Fonda
(as William Russell)
