1:50:02
You haven't yet touched
upon the most important point:
1:50:06
this rather fantastic idea of yours
to give away your entire fortune.
1:50:10
It is, to say the least,
most uncommon.
1:50:12
Yes. Yes, I was getting to that,
Your Honor.
1:50:15
Suppose you were living in a small town
and getting along fine...
1:50:18
and suddenly somebody
dropped $20 million in your lap.
1:50:22
Supposing you discover all that money
was messing up your life...
1:50:25
was bringing vultures around your neck
and making you lose faith in everybody.
1:50:29
You'd be worried, wouldn't you?
1:50:31
You'd feel that you had a hot potato
in your hand, and you'd want to drop it.
1:50:36
l guess Dr. Von Hallor here would say
you were riding on those bottom waves...
1:50:40
because you wanted to drop something
that was burning your fingers.
1:50:44
If this man is permitted to carry out
his plan, repercussions will be felt...
1:50:47
that will rock the foundation
of our entire governmental systems.
1:50:50
Please, Mr. Cedar.
Proceed.
1:50:58
Personally, l don't know
what Mr. Cedar is raving about.
1:51:01
From what l can see, no matter
what system of government we have...
1:51:04
there'll always be leaders
and always be followers.
1:51:07
It's like the road out in front
of my house. It's on a steep hill.
1:51:10
Every day,
I watch the cars climbing up.
1:51:12
Some go lickety-split up that hill
on high; some have to shift into second.
1:51:16
Some sputter and shake
and slip back to the bottom again.
1:51:19
Same cars, same gasoline,
yet some make it and some don't.
1:51:23
l say the fellows who can make the hill
should stop and help those who can't.
1:51:28
That's all I'm trying to do: help
fellows who can't make the hill on high.
1:51:32
What does Mr. Cedar
expect me to do with it?
1:51:34
Give it to him and a lot of other people
who don't need it?
1:51:36
If you don't mind, Your Honor, I'll
ride on those top waves for a minute.
1:51:40
All you fellows up there, all those
who applied for a farm, stand up.
1:51:47
See all those fellows?
They're the ones I'm trying to help.
1:51:49
They need it. Mr. Cedar and Mr. Semple
don't need anything. They've got plenty.
1:51:54
It's like I'm out in a big boat,
and I see one fellow in a rowboat...
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who's tired of rowing and wants
a free ride and another who's drowning.