The Bat - Ethics and Money in Moral Dilemmas
John Fleming:
Doctor.
Dr. Malcolm Wells:
Yes, John?
John Fleming:
What would you do for half a million dollars?
Dr. Malcolm Wells:
Anything short of murder.
John Fleming:
Why not murder?
Dr. Malcolm Wells:
Too messy.
John Fleming:
Too great a risk?
Dr. Malcolm Wells:
For half a million, yes.
John Fleming:
I pinched a million from the bank.
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Sergeant York - A Soldier's Reluctance to Accept Rank
Alvin:
I don't want to be no corporal.
Captain Danforth:
Why not?
Major Buxton:
Wait a minute, captain, let him talk.
Alvin:
Well, you see…
Major Buxton:
Is it because of your religious convictions, York?
Alvin: [[the Bible; [Belief|believin'; [life; [God|the Lord; [give; [killing]
Yes, sir, that's it. You see, I believe in ], and I'm a ] that this here ] we're living is something ] done ] us, and we got to be a-living it as best we can — and I'm figuring that ] other folks is no part of what he was intending us to be a-doing here.
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois - Ignorance as an Advantage in Politics
Ninian Edwards: [after he withdraws from politics]
What'll yuh do, Abe?
Abraham Lincoln:
Judge Stuart's offered me a chance to work in his law office in Springfield. Course I don't know much about the law, but there's one thing I've learned here in politics... that ignorance is no obstacle to advancement. In fact, in some cases it's quite an advantage.
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