The Ruling Class (1972) · 23 quotes
4th most-quoted character in The Ruling Class (1972): in 4 of its 23 quotes
Most scenes with: Sir Charles (3)
What about Jack?
Dr. Herder Remember he's suffering from delusions of grandeur. In reality he's an earl, an English aristocrat, a member of the ruling class. Naturally, he's come to believe there's only one person grander than that: the Lord God Almighty Himself.
Are you English?
Dr. Herder No.
Dr. Herder His lordship is a paranoid schizophrenic.
Paranoid schizophrenic? But he's a Gurney!
Dr. Herder Then he's a paranoid schizophrenic Gurney who believes he's God.
But we've always been Church of England!
Dr. Herder He can't forget being rejected by his mother and father at the age of 11. They sent him away, alone, into a primitive community of licensed bullies and pederasts.
You mean he went to public school.
Dr. Herder Exactly.
Dr. Herder Naturally, men aren't rats.
Only a man would say so.
