“As I watched him shake his big fist and listened to his words boom...” – Jack Burden, All the King's Men ... Movie Quotes Database

[in his newspaper article]

As I watched him shake his big fist and listened to his words boom out across that field, I had the feeling that here was a man with a will of iron. I had the feeling that Willie Stark would neither be steered away nor scared away from his purpose. I had the feeling that in Willie Stark, Kanoma County had found that rare thing: an honest man with courage.

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