Jefferson Smith: I guess this is just another lost
cause, Mr. Paine. All you people don't know about the lost causes. Mr. Paine
does. He said once they were the only causes worth fighting for. And he fought
for them once, for the only reason that any man ever fights for them. Because
of just one plain simple rule: 'Love thy neighbor.' And in this world today,
full of hatred, a man who knows that one rule has a great trust. You know that
rule, Mr. Paine. And I loved you for it, just as my father did. And you know
that you fight for the lost causes harder than for any others. Yes, you even
die for them. Like a man we both knew, Mr. Paine. You think I'm licked. You all
think I'm licked. Well, I'm not licked, and I'm gonna stay right here and fight
for this lost cause even if this room gets filled with lies like these, and the
Taylors and all their armies come marching into this place! Somebody'll listen
to me! Somebody'll... (he passes out, knocking one of the huge pails of
letters and telegrams (against him) down on top of him as he falls, nearly
burying himself beneath them)
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