Tennessee Johnson (1942)
Carl Benton Reid: Congressman Hargrove
Quotes
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Congressman Hargrove : Mister President, while the southern Senators make this place a beer garden, business north and south is at a *standstill*!
[pounds his fist]
Senator : And who is to blame?
Senator Huyler : Yes! Who is to blame?
Congressman Hargrove : You are! You are!
Senator : Men of the north, if you force us to fight for our liberties, then we'll fight you!
Senator Huyler : Don't you shake your fists at us, we're not your slaves!
[the room begins to erupt as the men begin to fight and confront one another on the center floor]
Mr. Secretary : [banging his gavel] Order! Gentlemen! This is the Senate of the United States, not a pot-house. Order in the galleries! Order on the floor!
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Thaddeus Stevens : Unfortunately, the contraption you're hitched to is the United States of America, and we've got to keep it on the move.
Andrew Johnson : Stevens, if you'll just state your case and let me state mine, I think we'll see better where we stand.
Thaddeus Stevens : Very good Mr. President. I propose that we treat the South as an outside conquered people: that we confiscate all estates worth $10,000 and containing 200 acres. Then sir, I would give every adult colored man 40 acres of land. Sell the rest pay for the war with it.
Lincoln's Emissary : No use vetoing that program, Johnson.
Congressman Hargrove : We have the votes to override your veto.
Andrew Johnson : So it comes to this: you fought a war to preserve the union. Having preserved it, now you deny that it exists. Gentlemen, my one aim is to carry out Lincoln's policies.