He Died Fighting." Well, let's face it, to him I'm a headline, to you I'm a cause? And to...
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Bertram T. Cates: Where do I finish? Dead with a paper medal on my chest? "Bert Cates, World's Chump: He Died Fighting." Well, let's face it, to him I'm a headline, to you I'm a cause?
Henry Drummond: And to yourself? All right, let's face it. Now you chose to get into this by yourself. You didn't get into it because of his headline or because of my cause or maybe even because of their kids! You got into it because of yourself, because of something you believed in, for yourself.
Bertram T. Cates: I didn't believe it would happen this way.
E. K. Hornbeck: It can get worse. Those people are in a lean and hungry mood.
Bertram T. Cates: They look at me as if I was a murderer.
Henry Drummond: In a way you are. You killed one of their fairy tale notions
Henry Drummond: And to yourself? All right, let's face it. Now you chose to get into this by yourself. You didn't get into it because of his headline or because of my cause or maybe even because of their kids! You got into it because of yourself, because of something you believed in, for yourself.
Bertram T. Cates: I didn't believe it would happen this way.
E. K. Hornbeck: It can get worse. Those people are in a lean and hungry mood.
Bertram T. Cates: They look at me as if I was a murderer.
Henry Drummond: In a way you are. You killed one of their fairy tale notions
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Do I finish with a paper medal on my chest
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Bert Cates world's biggest chump He died fighting Let's face it
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To him I'm a headline To you a cause And to yourself
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All right let's face it You chose to get into this by yourself
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You didn't get into it because of his headline or my cause
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or maybe even because of their kids
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You got into it because of something you believed in for yourself
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I didn't believe it would happen this way It can get worse
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Those people are in a lean and hungry mood
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They look at me as if I was a murderer
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In a way you are You killed one of their fairy tale notions
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Movie Summary
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
