Raintree County (1957)
Walter Abel: T.D. Shawnessy
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Quotes
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T.D. Shawnessy : War is the most monstrous of man's illusions. Any idea worth anything is worth not fighting for.
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T.D. Shawnessy : [to Flash, who is drinking beer in public] Flash Perkins, don't you know that your body is the temple of the spirit, and you defile and pollute it with that Devil's brew you have there?
Orville 'Flash' Perkins : [Nonchalantly] Why, if you say so, pappy...
T.D. Shawnessy : Why don't you come 'round to our next temperance rally. Come 'round and take the Total Abstinence Pledge.
Orville 'Flash' Perkins : Why, pappy, I'll take that pledge right now.
T.D. Shawnessy : Orville, we want men to take that pledge only when they're sober.
Orville 'Flash' Perkins : But if they're sober, what's the point in havin' them take the pledge?
[Everybody laughs]
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John Wickliff Shawnessy : [People are gathering in the town center] What's going on here?
Ellen Shawnessy : You haven't heard? They've attacked Fort Sumter. It means war sure as anything.
T.D. Shawnessy : I'm not so sure. Now, say what you will, Americans will never fight each other. We'll settle our difficulties peacefully.