Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Willie Stark: Quote for November 4, 2008

To heal sickness, to ease pain, free, not as a charity but as a right. And it is your right. Do you hear me? It is your right! And it is your right that every child should have a complete education, that any man that produces anything can take it to market without paying toll, and no poor man's land or farm can be taxed or taken away from him. And it is the right of the people that they shall not be deprived of hope.
from: All the King's Men (1949)
Broderick Crawford acted as Willie Stark
Winners on election night make speeches full of promises. The people are full of endless hope that one day these promises will be fulfilled.