“Would it really make it easier for you if we settled on just one...” – Mrs. Iselin, The Manchurian Candidate ... Movie Quotes Database

Would it really make it easier for you if we settled on just one number?

Yeah. Just one, real, simple number that'd be easy for me to remember.

[Mrs. Iselin watches Sen. Iselin pour Heinz Tomato Ketchup (with its "57 Varieties" slogan on its label) onto his dinner plate] [Cut to Senate chamber]

There are exactly 57 card-carrying members of the Communist Party in the Department of Defense at this time!

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