“I wonder Diz, if this Don Quixote hasn't got the jump on all of us. I...” – Clarissa Saunders, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939

Clarissa Saunders Jean Arthur

I wonder Diz, if this Don Quixote hasn't got the jump on all of us. I wonder if it isn't a curse to go through life wised up like you and me.

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Clarissa Saunders Why don't you go home?...This is no place for you - you're half-way decent. You don't belong here. Now go home. Senator Joseph Paine I hit him from the floor with everything I knew...[looks away]..I haven't got the stomach for this anymore. Senator Joseph Paine Gentlemen, I have lost all patience with this brazen character. I apologize to this body for his appointment. I regret I ever knew him. I'm sick and tired of this contemptible young man and I refuse to stay here and listen to him any longer. I hope every member of this body feels as I do.