The Manchurian Candidate quotes

View Quote You know how much the guys in the outfit hated me. Well, not as much as I hated them, of course.

View Quote [To her husband, Sen. Iselin] It has occurred to me that Tom Jordan's daughter Jocelyn... so I might have been a little hasty. Anyway, times change. I now think she would make Raymond an excellent wife. She's been living in Paris for the past two years. I have word she'll be coming home soon and when she does, I think we should give a little party.

View Quote [To Colonel Milt] I tell ya, there's a bomb here, a time bomb that's set waiting to go off.

View Quote [To Mrs. Iselin] Raymond is sick, Mrs. Shaw, in a kind of a special way. He doesn't even realize it himself.

View Quote [Hypnotized] I will make my report on the patrol... I will recommend urgently that Raymond Shaw be posted to the Medal of Honor. He saved our lives and took out a complete company of Chinese infantry.

View Quote Twelve days of Christmas! One day of Christmas is loathsome enough!

View Quote [Of Raymond] He's tied up inside in a thousand knots. I know that but... You've got to believe me and trust me. I can make him well.

View Quote Remember, Raymond, the wires have been pulled. They can't touch you anymore. You're free.

View Quote This nation jealously guards its highest award for valor - the Congressional Medal of Honor. In the Korean War, with five million, seven hundred and twenty thousand personnel engaged, only seventy-seven men were so honored. One of these seventy-seven men was Staff Sergeant Raymond Shaw. Raymond Shaw was returned from combat and flown directly to Washington to be decorated personally by the President of the United States. This is why his presence, or the presence of any Medal of Honor winner is sufficient to bring generals to their feet saluting.

View Quote [Of his mother, Mrs. Iselin] She won, of course. She always does. I could never beat her. I still can't... I'm not loveable. But I loved her. I did love her. I do love her.