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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Edward Arnold as Jim Taylor: "If he even starts to convince those senators, you might as well blow your brains out. You know that, don't you?"

James "Jimmy" Stewart as Jefferson Smith: "I'm gonna be pretty busy tonight."

Jimmy Stewart: "I'll tell you what I want, sir. I want a chance to talk to people who'll believe me. The people of my state -- they know me."

James Stewart: "I never signed any such contract!"

Jimmy Stewart: "What time does the Senate, uh, uh..."

Jean Arthur as Clarissa Saunders: "Convene?"

Stewart: "Convene, convene, yeah."

Jimmy Stewart: "A guy like me should never be allowed to get in here in the first place -- I know that... Either I'm dead right or I'm crazy!"

Claude Rains as Senator Joseph Paine: "I don't want any part of crucifying this boy."

Thomas Mitchell as Diz Moore: "Every time I think of exercise, I have to lie right down until the feeling leaves me."

Jimmy Stewart: "Things sure happen fast around here, don't they?."

Eugene Pallette as Chick McGann: "Yeah. You'll have to get yourself out of low gear, Senator."

Claude Rains: "It's a question of my honor and reputation -- the integrity of the Senate itself!"

Edward Albert: "I wouldn't trust you to lick a postage stamp."

Jimmy Stewart: "You think I'm licked... You all think I'm licked... Well, I'm not licked!... And I'm gonna stay right here and fight for this lost cause, even if this room gets filled with lies like these!"

Jimmy Stewart: "I, I don't think I've ever been so thrilled in my whole life, and, and that Lincoln Memorial... Gee whiz!... And Mr. Lincoln, there he is... He's just lookin' right straight at ya as you come up those steps... just, just sitting there like he was waiting for somebody to come along."

Jimmy Stewart: "Dad always used to say the only causes worth fighting for were the lost causes."

Jimmy Stewart: "Where's the Majority Leader?"

Claude Rains: "My colleague was innocent in the matter referred to. He was completely misquoted."

Jimmy Stewart: "I, I can't help feeling that there's been a big mistake somehow."

Jimmy Stewart: "I'm bustin' with news!"

Harry Carey as the Senate President: "Our young senator will make a good orator when his voice stops changing."

Jimmy Stewart: "Great principles don't get lost once they come to light. They're right here! Ya just have to see them again!"

Jimmy Stewart: "I can promise you one thing. I'll do nothing to disgrace the office of United States Senate."

Edward Albert: "Get the hoi polloi excited. Have 'em send protests, letters, wires, anything you like."

Harry Carey: "The chair recognizes... Senator Smith!"

Jean Arthur: "You better relax, Senator. You'll get yourself plumb wore out."

Claude Rains: "Please... Don't say a word."

Thomas Mitchell: "You're not a senator... You're an honorary stooge."

Jimmy Stewart: "Why don't you tell the people the truth for a change??"

Man: "You wouldn't care to put that to a vote, would you, Senator?"

William Demarest as Bill Griffith: "Welcome, Senator. The wild life around here is a little different from what you're used to. They wear high heels."

Jimmy Stewart: "Now, doggonit, there's something wrong here. I know there's something wrong."

Man: "Will the Senator yield for a question?"

Jimmy Stewart: "I yield."

Claude Rains: "Mr. President, will the Senator yield?"

Harry Carey: "Will the Senator yield?"

Jimmy Stewart: "No, sir, I'm afraid not!"

Claude Rains: "Will the Senator yield??"

Jimmy Stewart: "No, sir, I will not yield!"

Man: "Is the Senator yielding the floor?"

Jimmy: Stewart: "...yield the...?... Oh, no... Oh, no... Hey, I feel fine!

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