“I kept saying to myself that Willie was wrong about the judge. If...” – Jack Burden, All the King's Men ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from All the King's Men 1949

Jack Burden John Ireland

I kept saying to myself that Willie was wrong about the judge. If there was anything left at Burden's Landing, it was honor. I had to believe that.

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Jack Burden Will I find anything, Judge? Will I? I didn't find it all at once. It takes a long time to go through old courthouse records and musty deeds, a very long time. But it wasn't too hard for me. I was well trained in research, especially this kind. I found what I didn't want to find. Jack Burden Now he had us all, me, Anne, and Adam. Now we all worked for him. Richard Hale I remember when you first started talking, in a place called Upton. You did a lot of talking then, and the things you said made sense to me and a lot of other people. I believed in you, I followed you, and I fought for you. Well, the words are still good, but you're not. And I don't believe you ever were.