Sadie Burke
"[to Willie} Youve been framed, you poor sap...Oh you decoy, you wooden-head decoy, and you let em. You know what you are? Well, youre the goat. You are the sacrificial goat. You are a sap because you let em...They didnt have to pay a sap like you. Oh no. You were so full of yourself and hot air. All you wanted was a chance to stand up on your hind legs and make a speech, My Friends. My Friends, What This State Needs is a Good Five-Cent Cigar."

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Sadie Burke
"Yeah, I can see it. I gotta look in the mirror to be able to see it. Soft white skin, not like mine. I had smallpox when I was a kid. Where I lived, it seemed nearly all the kids had smallpox. It leaves your face hard. And shes got poise. Look at the way she holds her head at just the right angle. That takes training, that takes years of training. I see what Willie sees. Willies got big ideas, Jack...A girl like that could be a governors wife or even a president...He ditched Lucy, he ditched me, and hell ditch you...Hell ditch everybody in the whole world because thats what Willie wants. Nobody in the world but him...You and your high-toned friends. What do they know? What do they know about anything? Why did you have to mix her in?"

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"Editorial: Kanomas recent school tragedy serves as a potent reminder that a man named Willie Stark, a citizen of Kanoma City and defeated candidate for County Treasurer, fought bitterly against the awarding of our schoolhouse contract. His was the voice in the wilderness that fell on deaf ears, and the children of Kanoma City paid the price. Nothing can ease the pain in the brave hearts of our bereaved parents who suffered their loss bravely."

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"Richard Hale: [to Willie] I remember when you first started talking, in a place called Upton. You did a lot of talking then, and the things you said made sense to me and a lot of other people. I believed in you, I followed you, and I fought for you. Well, the words are still good, but youre not. And I dont believe you ever were."

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"Adam Stanton: [to Willie] You stay on your side of the fence, Ill stay on mine."

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"Newsreel: And so the eyes of the entire nation are now focused upon Governor Willie Stark. An amazing phenomenon on the American political scene. The whole state is filled with his accomplishments. Each one of them, of course, bearing his personal signature to make sure that no one will ever forget who gave them to the state. This is the way the roads used to be, but there are those who claim that they were adequate for the peoples needs, that you dont need a four or six lane highway for a horse and buggy. When Stark boasts of his great school system, his critics say, You cant go to school and work in the fields at the same time, and they question the benefit of these projects, charging that the need and poverty of the people is as great as before. Willie Stark has never forgotten the source of his power - the people who supported him. He still keeps his touch with these people of the backwoods, making periodic trips to such places as Kanoma City, now famous as his birthplace. For those who say that Willie Stark is a man of destiny, there are others who claim that he is a man of evil, a man who cares neither for the people or the state, but only for his own personal power and ambition. Obviously, these ambitions go far beyond the boundaries of the state. Just how far, only time will tell. Meanwhile, he is here, and from the looks of things, he is here to stay. Willie Stark - Messiah or Dictator?"

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"Radio news reporter: A medical examination revealed that he was beaten to death. The ugly charge of official murder has been hurled at the administration by a coalition of Starks opponents led by Judge Stanton, lately an outspoken critic of the administration. Thus, an almost forgotten incident provided the spark that might set off the explosion needed to rock Willie Stark out of power. The latest report is that impeachment proceedings may be instituted..."

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"Judge Stanton: I made a mistake once, Jack, when I resigned, but it was too easy then just resigning and pulling out. Well, Jack, Ive made my choice. I have nothing more to lose."

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Willie Stark
"Why have they used every dirty method known to make sure Im not elected County Treasurer? Well, Ill tell ya why - because theyre afraid of the truth, and the truth is this. Theyre trying to steal your money. Yeah, I said steal. The County Commissioners rejected the low bid on the schoolhouse. Why? Well, theyll tell ya the reason is the job will be done better. The County Commissioners would have you believe that theyre interested in public welfare. Theyre interested in welfare, sure, but its their own."

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Willie Stark
"Im gonna run and youre not gonna stop me. Im gonna run even if I dont get a single vote."

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Willie Stark
"My friends. I have a speech here. Its a speech about what this state needs. Theres no need in my telling you what this state needs. You are the state and you know what you need. You over there, look at your pants. Have they got holes in the knees? Listen to your stomach. Did you ever hear it rumble for hunger? And you, what about your crops? Did they ever rot in the field because the road was so bad you couldnt get em to market? And you, what about your kids? Are they growing up ignorant as dirt, ignorant as you cause theres no school for em? No, Im not gonna read you any speech. [He casts his speech away behind him] But I am gonna tell you a story. Its a funny story so get ready to laugh....Get ready to bust your sides laughin, cause its sure a funny story. Its about a hick. A hick like you, if you please. Yeah, like you. He grew up on the dirt roads and the gully washes of a farm. He knew what it was to get up before dawn and get feed and slop and milk before breakfast, and then set out before sunup and walk six miles to a one-room, slab-sided schoolhouse. Aw, this hick knew what it was to be a hick, all right. He figured if he was gonna get anything done, well, he had to do it himself. So he sat up nights and studied books. He studied law, because he thought he might be able to change things some - for himself and for folks like him. Now Im not gonna lie to ya. He didnt start off thinkin about the hicks and all the wonderful things he was gonna do for em. Naw, naw, hes done it all thinkin of number one. But something came to him on the way. How he could do nothin for himself without the help of the people. Thats what came to him. And it also came to him with the powerful force of Gods own lightning back in his own county when the school building collapsed cause it was built of politics rotten brick. It killed and mangled a dozen kids. But you know that story. The people were his friends because hed fought that rotten brick. And some of the politicians down in the city, they knew that, so they rode up to his house in a big, fine, shiny car and said as how they wanted him to run for governor...And he swallowed it. He looked in his heart and he thought, in all humility, how hed like to try and change things. He was just a country boy who thought that even the plainest, poorest man can be governor if his fellow citizens find that hes got the stuff for the job. All those fellows in the striped pants, they saw that hick and they took him in...Now, listen to me, you hicks. Yeah, youre hicks too, and they fooled you a thousand times, just like they fooled me. But this time, Im gonna fool somebody. Im gonna stay in this race. Im on my own and Im out for blood. Now listen to me, you hicks! Listen to me, and lift up your eyes and look at Gods blessed and unfly-blown truth. And this is the truth. Youre a hick, and nobody ever helped a hick but a hick himself!...Im the hick they were gonna use to split the hick vote. Well, Im standin here now on my hind legs. Even a dog can learn to do that. Are you standin on your hind legs? Have you learned to do that much yet?"

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Willie Stark
"Money, I dont need money. People give me things...because they believe in me."

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Willie Stark
"I have nothing to hide - Ill make a deal with the devil if it will help me carry out my program. But believe me, there are no strings attached to those deals."

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Willie Stark
"Do you know what good comes out of?...Out of bad. Thats what good comes out of. Because you cant make it out of anything else. You didnt know that, did you?"

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Willie Stark
"Theres a time to talk and theres a time to act. I think the time to act is right now, and with your support, I not only will win, but I will do all of the things I promise. I need your help - oh, I need it badly, but Im not gonna beg for it. In the name of this state, which we love, in the name of the governor in whose house we meet, I demand it."

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