I was hoping he’d nail it. He nailed it. Hard.
Mr. Thompson: "It wasn't real, was it?"
Tinky Holloway: "We seem to have heard it."
Chick Morrison: "We couldn't help it."
James Taggart: "We don't have to believe it, do we? Nobody's ever said it before! It's just one man! We don't have to believe it! Why is he so sure he's right? Who is he to go against the whole world, against everything ever said for centuries and centuries? Who is he to know? Nobody can be sure! Nobody can know what's right! There isn't any right!"
Mr. Thompson: "Muzzle the commentators! Don't allow them to comment! Send word to every station in the country! Let the public wonder! Don't let them think that we're worried! Don't let them think it's important!"
Eugene Lawson: "It's horrible, horrible, horrible! It's immoral! It's selfish, heartless, ruthless! It's the most vicious speech ever made!"