If he even starts to convince those Senators, you might as well blow your brains out, you know that, don't ya? This is the works, Joe! Either we're out of business or we're bigger than we ever were before. We can't miss a trick. We can't stop at anything until we've smashed this yokel and buried him so deep...
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Senator I didn't like this boy from the beginning. But most of us feel that no man who wasn't sincere could stage a fight like this against these impossible odds.
Jefferson Smith Dad always used to say the only causes worth fighting for were the lost causes.
The origin of this quote is Ethel Lina White's The Wheel Spins, published in 1936. Jefferson Smith The people of my state need permanent relief from crooked men riding their backs.
The origin of this quote is Ethel Lina White's The Wheel Spins, published in 1936. Jefferson Smith The people of my state need permanent relief from crooked men riding their backs.
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