I said, further, "that if to act out a little lie to save one's mother humiliation was a...
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Judge Dennis:
[the crowd has re-gathered at the train station to see Woodrwow]
Naturally the nomination went back to Doc Bissell. But he got up and said... Mr. Schultz:
"Ladies and gents..." Doc Bissell:
Don't mis-quote me. Judge Dennis:
What? Doc Bissell:
I said, "Ladies and gentlemen." Committee Chairman:
Of course you did. Doc Bissell:
I said, "Ladies and gentlemen, in all the years that I have been unsuccessfully mixed into politics, this is the first and only time that I have ever seen a candidate for office - given an opportunity to prove publicly, permanently and beyond peradventure of doubt that he was honest, courageous and veracious..." Judge Dennis:
That means truthful. He likes those big words. Doc Bissell:
I said, further, "that if to act out a little lie to save one's mother humiliation was a fault - in other words, if tenderness toward and consideration of one's mother was a fault - it was a fault any man might be proud of."
[the crowd has re-gathered at the train station to see Woodrwow]
Naturally the nomination went back to Doc Bissell. But he got up and said... Mr. Schultz:
"Ladies and gents..." Doc Bissell:
Don't mis-quote me. Judge Dennis:
What? Doc Bissell:
I said, "Ladies and gentlemen." Committee Chairman:
Of course you did. Doc Bissell:
I said, "Ladies and gentlemen, in all the years that I have been unsuccessfully mixed into politics, this is the first and only time that I have ever seen a candidate for office - given an opportunity to prove publicly, permanently and beyond peradventure of doubt that he was honest, courageous and veracious..." Judge Dennis:
That means truthful. He likes those big words. Doc Bissell:
I said, further, "that if to act out a little lie to save one's mother humiliation was a fault - in other words, if tenderness toward and consideration of one's mother was a fault - it was a fault any man might be proud of."
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Naturally the nomination went back to Doc Bissell
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But he got up and said
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Ladies and gents Don't misquote me
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What I said Ladies and gentlemen
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Of course you did I said Ladies and gentlemen
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in all the years that I have been unsuccessfully mixed into politics
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this is the first and only time that I have ever seen a candidate for office
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given an opportunity to prove publicly
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permanently and beyond peradventure of doubt
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that he was honest courageous and veracious
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That means truthful He likes those big words
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I said further
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that if to act out a little lie to save one's mother humiliation was a fault
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in other words if tenderness toward
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and consideration of one's mother was a fault
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it was a fault any man might be proud of
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Movie Summary
Woodrow is discharged from the military for hay fever, but fabricates receiving a heroic honorable discharge before returning home.
