Posted on 09/28/2018 1:09:29 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Mr. Smith: Mr. President, I stand guilty as framed! Because Section 40 is graft! And I was ready to say so. I was ready to tell you that a certain man in my State, a Mr. James Taylor, wanted to put through this dam for his own profit -- a man who controls a political machine and controls everything else worth controlling in my State. Yes, and a man even powerful enough to control Congressmen, and I saw three of them in his room the day I went up to see him.
Senator Paine: Will the Senator yield?!
Mr. Smith: No, sir! I will not yield! And this same man, Mr. James Taylor, came down here and offered me a seat in this Senate for the next 20 years if I voted for a dam that he knew and I knew was a fraud. But if I dared to open my mouth against that dam, he promised to break me in two. Alright, I got up here and I started to open my mouth and the long and powerful arm of Mr. James Taylor reached into this sacred chamber and grabbed me by the scruff of the neck --
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Just get up off the ground, that's all I ask. Get up there with that lady that's up on top of this Capitol dome, that lady that stands for liberty. Take a look at this country through her eyes if you really want to see something. And you won't just see scenery; you'll see the whole parade of what Man's carved out for himself, after centuries of fighting. Fighting for something better than just jungle law, fighting so's he can stand on his own two feet, free and decent, like he was created, no matter what his race, color, or creed. That's what you'd see. There's no place out there for graft, or greed, or lies, or compromise with human liberties. And, uh, if that's what the grownups have done with this world that was given to them, then we'd better get those boys' camps started fast and see what the kids can do. And it's not too late, because this country is bigger than the Taylors, or you, or me, or anything else. Great principles don't get lost once they come to light. They're right here; you just have to see them again!
(courtesy of IMDB quotes page)
Damn, look at how young Jimmy Stewart was in that magnificent film.
Lifetimes ago, already.
One of my favorites.
Probably my favorite Jimmy Stewart film.
Stewart was an amazing guy. “Liberty Valance” is another great flick.
He was Army Air Corps in WWII. Bombers.
All-time favorite silver screen actor.
B-17s, as I recall.
Have you seen “No Highway in the Sky”?
Interesting movie. As an engineer, I liked it.
Yes, he was in the B17s.
Retired as a Brigadier General.
I have not seen that one, but I will look for it on Turner Classic Movies.
A great movie, but from an entirely different era....
Today we have public-servant heroes like Jeff Sessions (recused), Rod Rosenstein, and Christopher Wray — not to mention all those who have been recently demoted and/or fired — in the federal justice system to protect us from such corruption in government!
A quaint movie.
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