The Manchurian Candidate Quotes
Marco : I could never figure out what that phrase meant, "more or less."
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Eugenie Rose Chaney : Are you arabic?
Bennett Marco : No.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Let me put it another way: are you married?
Bennett Marco : No.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Let me put it another way: are you married?
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Raymond Shaw : Senator Iselen is not my father. Repeat: he is not my father. If you learn nothing else on your visit to this country, memorize that fact.
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Chunjin : I need job.
Raymond Shaw : Job?
Chunjin : Yes Sir, Mr. Shaw.
Raymond Shaw : But my dear fellow, we don't need interpreters here. We all speak the same language.
Raymond Shaw : Job?
Chunjin : Yes Sir, Mr. Shaw.
Raymond Shaw : But my dear fellow, we don't need interpreters here. We all speak the same language.
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Marco : [ During the Kung Fu fight with Chunjin ] What was Raymond doing with his hands?
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Marco : [ During the Kung Fu fight with Chunjin ] How did the old ladies turn into Russians?
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Marco : [ during the Kung Fu fight with Chunjin ] What were you doing there?
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Mrs. Iselin : [ cordially, at a party the Iselins are giving ] How good of you to come, Tom.
Sen. Thomas Jordan : [ matter-of-fact, rather than cordial ] I've explained to your husband why I'm here.
Mrs. Iselin : Tom, I know you have strong, personal feelings about Johnny and about me. But, what I would like to find out is, how strong they really are. To put it as simply as possible, If Johnny's name were to be put forward at the convention next week, would you attempt to block him?
Sen. Thomas Jordan : [ taken slightly aback ] You're joking, of course?
Mrs. Iselin : Mr. Stevenson makes jokes, I do not.
Sen. Thomas Jordan : You're seriously trying for the nomination for Johnny?
Mrs. Iselin : No, we couldn't make it. But he has a good chance for the second spot. Now, I've answered your question, but you haven't answered mine. Will you block us?
Sen. Thomas Jordan : Would I block you? I would spend every cent I own, and all I could borrow, to block you. There are people who think of Johnny as a clown and a buffoon, but I do not. I despise John Iselin and everything that Iselinism has come to stand for. I think, if John Iselin were a paid Soviet agent, he could not do more to harm this country than he's doing now. You have asked me a question. Very well, I shall answer you. If you attempt a deal with the delegates, or cause Johnny's name to be brought forward on the ticket, or if, in my canvass of the delegates tomorrow morning, I find that you are so acting, I will bring impeachment procedings against your husband on the floor of the United States Senate. And I will hit him, I promise you, with everything in my well-documented book.
Mrs. Iselin : [ Mrs. Iselin leaves without a word, the discussion clearly over, for the present ]
Sen. Thomas Jordan : [ matter-of-fact, rather than cordial ] I've explained to your husband why I'm here.
Mrs. Iselin : Tom, I know you have strong, personal feelings about Johnny and about me. But, what I would like to find out is, how strong they really are. To put it as simply as possible, If Johnny's name were to be put forward at the convention next week, would you attempt to block him?
Sen. Thomas Jordan : [ taken slightly aback ] You're joking, of course?
Mrs. Iselin : Mr. Stevenson makes jokes, I do not.
Sen. Thomas Jordan : You're seriously trying for the nomination for Johnny?
Mrs. Iselin : No, we couldn't make it. But he has a good chance for the second spot. Now, I've answered your question, but you haven't answered mine. Will you block us?
Sen. Thomas Jordan : Would I block you? I would spend every cent I own, and all I could borrow, to block you. There are people who think of Johnny as a clown and a buffoon, but I do not. I despise John Iselin and everything that Iselinism has come to stand for. I think, if John Iselin were a paid Soviet agent, he could not do more to harm this country than he's doing now. You have asked me a question. Very well, I shall answer you. If you attempt a deal with the delegates, or cause Johnny's name to be brought forward on the ticket, or if, in my canvass of the delegates tomorrow morning, I find that you are so acting, I will bring impeachment procedings against your husband on the floor of the United States Senate. And I will hit him, I promise you, with everything in my well-documented book.
Mrs. Iselin : [ Mrs. Iselin leaves without a word, the discussion clearly over, for the present ]
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Bennett Marco : I've been having this nightmare. A real swinger of a nightmare, too
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Bennett Marco : I remember... I remember. I can see that Chinese cat standing there and smiling like Fu Manchu saying: The Queen of Diamonds is reminiscent in many ways of Raymond's dearly loved and hated mother... and is the second key to clear the mechanism for any other assignment.
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Sen. John Yerkes Iselin : No evasions, Mister Secretary, no evasions if you please.
Secretary of Defense : Evasions? What the hell are you talking about?
Secretary of Defense : [ whispering to Marco ] What the hell is this nonsense?
Marco : [ covering the microphones ] Mister Secretary, I'm kind of new at this job, but I don't think it's good public relations to speak that way to a US Senator, even if he is an idiot.
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin : I am United States Senator John Yerkes Iselin, and I have here a list of two hundred seven persons who are known by the Secretary of Defense as being members of the Communist Party!
Secretary of Defense : [ amid shocked reaction from the crowd ] What?
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin : Who nevertheless are still shaping the policy of the Defense Department!
Secretary of Defense : Senator who?
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin : I demand an answer, Mister Secretary! There will be no covering up, sir! No covering up!
Secretary of Defense : How did you get in here in the first place?
Secretary of Defense : Evasions? What the hell are you talking about?
Secretary of Defense : [ whispering to Marco ] What the hell is this nonsense?
Marco : [ covering the microphones ] Mister Secretary, I'm kind of new at this job, but I don't think it's good public relations to speak that way to a US Senator, even if he is an idiot.
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin : I am United States Senator John Yerkes Iselin, and I have here a list of two hundred seven persons who are known by the Secretary of Defense as being members of the Communist Party!
Secretary of Defense : [ amid shocked reaction from the crowd ] What?
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin : Who nevertheless are still shaping the policy of the Defense Department!
Secretary of Defense : Senator who?
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin : I demand an answer, Mister Secretary! There will be no covering up, sir! No covering up!
Secretary of Defense : How did you get in here in the first place?
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Mrs. Iselin : [ at meal time ] I'm sorry, hon'. Would it really make it easier for you if we settled on just one number?
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin : Yeah. Just one, real, simple number that'd be easy for me to remember. [ Mrs. Iselin watches her husband thump a bottle of Heinz Tomato Ketchup onto his plate ]
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin : [ addressing the Senate ] There are exactly 57 card-carrying members of the Communist Party in the Department of Defense at this time!
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin : Yeah. Just one, real, simple number that'd be easy for me to remember. [ Mrs. Iselin watches her husband thump a bottle of Heinz Tomato Ketchup onto his plate ]
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin : [ addressing the Senate ] There are exactly 57 card-carrying members of the Communist Party in the Department of Defense at this time!
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Raymond Shaw : Put away your Penguin Freud, Diana. And your crystal ball.
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Mrs. Iselin : Raymond, I'm your mother. How can you talk to me this way? You know that I want nothing for myself. You know that my whole life has been devoted to helping you...
Raymond Shaw : [ Balls his fists and jams them over his ears ] Mother...
Mrs. Iselin : And helping Johnny!
Raymond Shaw : Mother...
Mrs. Iselin : My boys!
Raymond Shaw : Mother...
Mrs. Iselin : My two boys!
Raymond Shaw : Mother, stop it.
Mrs. Iselin : That's all I've ever cared about.
Raymond Shaw : Stop it.
Raymond Shaw : [ Balls his fists and jams them over his ears ] Mother...
Mrs. Iselin : And helping Johnny!
Raymond Shaw : Mother...
Mrs. Iselin : My boys!
Raymond Shaw : Mother...
Mrs. Iselin : My two boys!
Raymond Shaw : Mother, stop it.
Mrs. Iselin : That's all I've ever cared about.
Raymond Shaw : Stop it.
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Benjamin K. Arthur : Nor would I ask of any fellow American, in defense of his freedom, that which I would not gladly give myself: my life before my liberty!
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Raymond Shaw : [ after Shooting the Iselins, he turns to a surprised Marco ] You couldn't stop them, the army couldn't stop them, so I had to.
Marco : [ He stares at him in confusion ]
Raymond Shaw : Oh Damn it Ben!
Raymond Shaw : [ Shoots himself with the rifle ]
Marco : [ He stares at him in confusion ]
Raymond Shaw : Oh Damn it Ben!
Raymond Shaw : [ Shoots himself with the rifle ]
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[ the presidential nominee is making his acceptance speech while Raymond Shaw has his sniper-rifle aimed at him ]
Benjamin K. Arthur : ...Nor would I ask of any fellow American in defense of his freedom that which I would not gladly give myself - my life before my liberty! [ the audience begins clapping and cheering as Raymond Shaw moves his sniper-rifle towards Senator Iselin and shoots him in the forehead, killing him instantly. He then shoots his mother in the head, killing her instantly ]
Benjamin K. Arthur : ...Nor would I ask of any fellow American in defense of his freedom that which I would not gladly give myself - my life before my liberty! [ the audience begins clapping and cheering as Raymond Shaw moves his sniper-rifle towards Senator Iselin and shoots him in the forehead, killing him instantly. He then shoots his mother in the head, killing her instantly ]
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