“...Alone in his never-finished, already decaying pleasure palace...” – Newsreel Narrator, Citizen Kane ... Movie Quotes Database

...Alone in his never-finished, already decaying pleasure palace, aloof, seldom visited, never photographed, an emperor of new strength continued to direct his failing empire, varyingly attempted to sway as he once did the destinies of a nation that had ceased to listen to him, ceased to trust him. Then last week, as it must to all men, death came to Charles Foster Kane.

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Rawlston It isn't enough to tell us what a man did. You've got to tell us who he was. Walter Parks Thatcher Mr. Charles Foster Kane, in every essence of his social beliefs, and by the dangerous manner in which he has persistently attacked the American traditions of private property, initiative, and opportunity for advancement, is in fact, nothing more or less than a Communist! Politician The words of Charles Foster Kane are a menace to every working man in this land. He is today what he has always been - and always will be - a Fascist!