Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

- You're a good egg, Diz. - I know.
Like a man we both knew, Mr Paine.
Freedom of the press!
If you had the welfare of the state at heart, like I have. -
All right, Senator. Just one half hour more.
- That again. - I'd cherish you and I'd stay sober.
It's the blood, bone and sinew of this democracy -
Say you won't quit and I'll tell you. I've been thinking about it all day.
And with your help...
Our steamroller methods are getting too hard for your sensitive soul?
Say something. Don't just stand there like a...
- You've always had to work? - Since I was about sixteen.
- Upon which you are about to enter, so help you God?
Like he was created. No matter what his race, colour or creed.
Order... The chair will clear the galleries unless order is restored.
I don't mind who gets licked in a fair fight.
This is murder. You've got to call him off. He's getting nowhere.
He named a certain portion of land -
Don Quixote with bill will speak two important words: Willet Creek.
50,000 telegrams demanding that he yield this floor.
No, not that straight stuff! Kick it up! Get on his side!
- Mr Carson, this is Senator Smith. - How do you do, Senator?
I'm to take him out and turn my glamour on for him.
If you're smart. Take the boys here or Joe Paine.
- On this contract... has been forged.
We can't stop at anything until we've smashed this yokel...
The people's answer to Mr Jefferson Smith.
- If you haven't got men who can tell human rights from a punch in the nose.
Will affect your section.
- What time does the Senate... ...convene.
- Yes, sir. - You may proceed, Senator.
This is the calendar for the day. You'll find the Senate manual in here.
We're going right ahead with my bill for a national boys' camp.
Let's get on with this.
- Did you want to see me? - What's this about you quitting?
Oh, God, our heavenly Father.
This camp, to be situated on the land at and adjacent to the stream -
Oh, father. Oh, dear me.
I had some good coaching last night -
- We have to be absolutely sure of him. - I say Horace Miller.
- When we have a man like Joseph Paine representing us already.
- Having it approved. It's rolling along... like taking candy from a baby.
I stand guilty as framed because Section 40 is graft!
Senator Paine, we've got him. He's right here and he's sober.
- Positively not in the station. - What happened to him?
He couldn't be.
- This is. - Pardon me... this is.
Finish this job properly and you'll get a handsome bonus.
- Okay, you don't mind? - I'd cherish you.
Is not puffed up -
There are great powers behind it. They'll destroy you.
The galleries are packed.
- Is anything the matter? - Oh, no. No!
- No, stop it. - You might as well tell me.
- Can you make a sound like an eagle? - Well, here's one...
Meet Mr Cook and Mr Griffith, members of our state headquarters here.
- I'll take your hat to the cloak room. - I'll give you a boy ranger button.
That would be a crime, Joe... After all the work we put in on it.
Not me.
Look, money!
It's the most titanic battle of modern times! A David without a slingshot -
Do what, Saunders?
I wish to ask if this piece he intends to speak -
- As to the fitness of my colleague to continue to sit in this chamber.
We've got to get this man off the floor.
Something's going on inside. Come on.
No, don't.
Well, I... see by the papers you certainly got to be a Senator.
I can't understand half of them and I used to be a lawyer.
Was it strawberry? It's the best kind.
A boy ranger to the Senate?
- Diz... - Yes.
You know my standing offer. Diz Moore, poet of Washington correspondents.
Susan.
I accuse this man. By his tone, by his careful denials. -
That's it! Open your eyes!
It couldn't have happened at a worse time. Tell Jim Taylor I'm coming home.
- And if I yield only for a question or a personal privilege -
Again? It's a good idea.
The man is Miller.
It's terrific! A filibuster! This is the miracle I wanted.
Visit Washington's home before walking into the Senate for the first time.
- And your promise that I will not be expelled and the bill won't be passed.
- Would he permit a motion to recess until the morning. -
- Oh, the man on the front page. - He just dropped in for a minute.
They have come to see what they can't see at home: democracy in action.
Do you solemnly swear to support and defend the constitution of the USA -
The one place he knows is the office. You stay there and wait.
But before that happens I have a few things to say.
If he does show up, Paine's waiting with the newspaper men.
Yield the...? Oh, no. I feel fine.
There are a lot of things I can't take. Can't take a simple...
About this Smith filibuster.
You had plain, decent, everyday common rightness.