Inherit the Wind Edit

A commission as honorary colonel in the state militia!

A couple of million years. Maybe longer.

A few ignorance bushes, perhaps, but no tree of knowledge.

A fine biblical scholar, Bishop Ussher,

A giant once lived in that body.

A law saying only Darwin could be taught in school.

A monkey who tried to fly.

A religious man. Do you work at it hard?

A silent butler in the service of your school board.

A southpaw, huh? Still honour your father and your mother?

A specious or false premise.

A victory here would be a monument to God that would last 1,000 years.

A young man who has spoken out against the revealed word.

Ablaze in the uniform of a military colonel,

According to Mr. Cates, you and I aren't even descended from American monkeys.

According to your professor?

Accounts, cheques, balances.

After all these years we find ourselves on the opposite side of an issue.

Age upon age, men have looked to the law as they would to the mountains.

Agnostic scientists!

Ah, here it is.

Ah, you got a present for Bert, huh?

Ah.

Ah.

Aha!

All are invited.

All glitter. You say you're giving the people hope.

All I wanna do is teach my students that man wasn't planted here like a geranium.

All motion is relative, Matt. Maybe it's you who have moved away by standing still.

All of you know what I stand for, what I believe.

All right, I'll ask him a question.

All right, let's face it. You chose to get into this by yourself.

All right.

All right. Forget it.

All right. Go ahead.

All shine and no substance.

All this fuss and feathers about evolution, do you think it hurt you any?

Along with the dogs.

Amen!

Amen!

Amen!

An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.

And a new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit put within you.

And all the blinds'll go up, all the doors'll open,

And all these holy people got themselves begat through original sin?

And as the young wolf turns upon the old, these innocent ones,

And belching platitudes since his arrival here two days ago.

And dwelt in the Land of Nod, on the east of Eden."

And endure Mr. Drummond's sneering and his disrespect.

And everything he says and does must be wrong.

And everything revolves around their terra firma.

And go back to Chicago, where it's a nice cool 100 in the shade.

And he blessed them all.

And he might even be a scientist when he grew up.

And he pronounced them good.

And he said "it is not good. It is not enough. It is not finished!"

And he used to come over and look through Bert's microscope.

And here, here in this courtroom,

And here, here in this courtroom...

And his eye was dark and a scowl lay across his face.

And holy holies and hosannas.

And I do lovable things for which they hate me.

And I exercise that power.

And I have tried to live according to its precepts.

And I may want my son to go to Yale.

And I object to all this "Colonel Brady" talk.

And I refuse to allow these agnostic scientists

And I warn you that a wicked law, like cholera, destroys everyone it touches.

And I will give you a heart of flesh.

And I will sprinkle clean water upon you and you shall be clean.

And I will tear out the stony heart of flesh,

And I'll think the way you want me to think."

And if I didn't hang on to the mattress, I'd fall out into the sky.

And if that's not enough, there's one more.

And intelligence to the human mind.

And it broke. Split in two. The wood was rotten.

And it is in danger in the proceedings of this courtroom.

And make both do what he pleases.

And make it a crime to teach it in public schools,

And on the fourth day the sun, the moon and the stars,

And one of the most brilliant minds in the world. Any objection?

And our land will become a land of Sodom and Gomorrah,

And professor of geology and archaeology.

And Protestant against Protestant,

And Salah begat Eber."

And she was gold all over with purple spots.

And so he must be right in everything he says and does.

And so on and so on and so on.

And soon you may ban books and newspapers.

And soon, Your Honour, with banners flying and with drums beating,

And that's how I feel about that demonstration I saw tonight, Matt.

And the advance of man's knowledge is a greater miracle

And the air with fowl and made he the great whale.

And the cattle in the fields.

And the earth, shrivelled to a cinder, crashed into the sun.

And the evening and the morning were the first day.

And the evening and the morning were the second day.

And the legislature of this sovereign state has had the wisdom to demand

And the Lord said "Let there be light."

And the Lord said "Thou art good."

And the most agile legal mind of the 20th century, Henry Drummond.

And then you may turn Catholic against Protestant,

And then...

And there was light.

And there was nobody there to catch him. Not even you.

And they gotta eat.

And they'll topple it the minute they find a flaw in it.

And this community is an insult to the world.

And to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.

And tomorrow you may make it a crime to read about it?

And try to foist your own religion upon the mind of man.

And watched him carry the burdens of people like you.

And we are all anxious to hear them, sir.

And we hope you do right by him.

And we, as children of God, should forgive each other.

And what are their rewards? Confusion and self destruction.

And whatever happened to that skinny black tie you used to wear?

And when the sun hit her stirrups she was a dazzling sight to behold.

And which lived here millions of years ago when these mountain were underwater.

And with all the forces of right and righteousness marshalled behind him.

And you reporters have just one more minute on those telephones.

And you'll never be lonely ever again.

And your writing, sir.

Any hotter than it is right now, do you think?

Any objection, Colonel Brady?

Any remarks leading up to the contempt citation I regret.

Any testimony relating to his so called infringement of the law must be admitted.

Any time, Colonel Drummond. Any time.

Are these pretty important people?

Are you an evolutionist, an infidel, a sinner?

Are you aware that the great big universities throughout the country

Are you looking for a nice clean place to stay?

As a husband or even as a presidential candidate.

As a matter of fact, it says a great fish.

As a platform from which they can shout their heresies into the headlines.

As an expert, do you tell me that's as right as the Jonah business?

As described in the beautiful Book of Genesis?

As long as the prerequisite for that shining

As mayor of Hillsboro may I say that this municipality

As mayor, I stand to uphold the laws of this community,

As recorded in the Book of Genesis, could have been a day of indeterminate length?

As soon as the jury returns, we'll broadcast the verdict.

As they would look to the mountains whence cometh our strength.

As thou did thine enemies of old in the days of the Pharaohs.

As to scientific knowledge or the Darwinian theory.

As you know, for all last night and today

Ask Adam.

Ask him if his faith in the Holy Scriptures has been shattered.

At 9am.

At the funeral, Pa preached that Tommy didn't die in a state of grace

Atheistic filth into the ears of our people?

Attend the same church.

Baby.

Backward!

Bail is fixed at $2,000.

Because fanaticism and ignorance is forever busy and needs feeding.

Because he believes in the Bible?

Because his father wouldn't allow him to be baptised.

Because I know that the sunrise is an optical illusion.

Because I love God and I hate his enemies.

Because Mr. Brady now frightens us with a fable?

Because you have betrayed me and your faith.

Because your decisions were honest. You never sacrificed your principles to win.

Bert and I don't live on top of the world.

Bert Cates left the church?

Bert didn't say that. He was just bitter because of the little Stebbins boy.

Bert said the boy had a bright mind

Bert,

Bert, do you wish to make any statement before sentence is passed?

Bert, I've gone to my father's church every Sunday as long as I can remember.

Bert, you're charged with violation of public act 31428,

Bert.

Bertram Cates has been found guilty. The law has been satisfied.

Bertram Cates has no intention of paying this or any other fine.

Bertram Cates is found guilty as charged.

Bertram Cates, defendant in one of the greatest ethical contests known to us,

Bertram Cates, I hereby place you under arrest.

Bertram Cates, this court has found you guilty of violating public act volume 37,

Bertram T Cates?

Besides, there are damn few words that anybody understands.

Bible? Bible?

Blue feather?

Break him. Make him a private.

Brother, let us pray.

Bully for you.

But all you have to do is to knock on any door and say:

But Colonel Drummond's point of procedure is well taken.

But for this insight and for this knowledge,

But I guess one's pretty much the same as the other.

But I never doubted you, Matt.

But I was always more afraid of you than of falling.

But I would have voted for him for king just to have you for queen.

But if the full penalty of the law is meted out to Bertram Cates,

But if the interests of right and justice will be served, I will take the stand.

But it had to happen, according to natural law.

But it is not the only book.

But it is one of the peculiar imbecilities of our time

But it is possible to be overzealous,

But it's against the law. A schoolteacher's a public servant.

But Matt Brady got lost because he looked for God too high up and too far away.

But mine was real. I turned to your husband for help.

But now are we to forgo all this progress

But our business in Hillsboro is completed.

But she was a week's wages for my father.

But the ape devolved from man.

But the birds will lose their wonder and the clouds will smell of gasoline."

But the body of it. Correct?

But the prosecution takes exception.

But they do not relate to this point of law.

But they were driven to it because their faith was challenged.

But truth has meaning, as a direction.

But we can't close our eyes to all progress, everything which represents...

But what Mr. Charles Darwin was trying to tell us...

But what repercussions of what happened will be known only to the future.

But what would they teach them, these idolaters?

But you haven't won your halo yet.

But your client is wrong. He is deluded. He has lost his way.

But your professor's mixed up on his dates.

But, as for me, I won't invest in antiquity.

But, Colonel Brady...

But, Matt, every man has to build his own monument.

But, since there has been no previous violation of this statute,

But, uh... Uh, did, uh...

But... on the morning of the sixth day the Lord rose,

By authority of, uh...

By the normal biological function known as sex?

By the size of that meal you packed away, I'd say you hadn't changed in 40 years.

Call Miss Rachel Brown to the stand.

Can I quote you in the obituary?

Can we continue, Colonel Brady?

Can you prove legal authorisation to make such a commitment for your employer?

Can't you understand that if you take a law like evolution

Cates climbed to the top of the totem pole but then he jumped.

Cates, you sinner!

Cates?

Cell...

Charles Darwin's Theory Of The Evolution And The Descent Of Man.

Clearly label the product they attempt to sell.

Colonel Brady was called as an authority on the Bible.

Colonel Brady, Colonel Drummond, you will examine the next venireman.

Colonel Drummond, the bench rules that zoology is irrelevant to the case.

Colonel Drummond, the right to think is not on trial here.

Colonel Drummond, will you please rephrase your question?

Colonel Drummond. What reasons can you possibly have?

Come off it, Sam. You've known me all my life.

Come on in. Come on.

Come on, you sit down.

Come on.

Continents toppled over one another, mountains flew into space,

Correct.

Corrupted and despairing of salvation, will turn upon their fathers,

Could have been a month. Could have been a year, 100 years.

Could you stand that, Rachel?

Couldn't have been Christmas. It must have been my birthday.

Counsel uses a word with which the bench is not familiar.

Court is adjourned until ten o'clock tomorrow morning.

Court will reconvene in the case of the State versus Bertram Cates.

Courtesy of Matthew Harrison Brady.

Cynical. True, true. That's part of my fascination.

Darwin took us forward to a hilltop,

Darwin's theory tells us that man evolved from a lower order of animals.

Describe to the court your innermost feelings when Bert Cates said to you:

Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth,

Did it affect your pitching arm?

Did Mr. Cates ever make any reference to God?

Did Mr. Cates leave the church?

Did you believe everything Mr. Cates told you?

Did you hear that, my friends?

Did you know about this?

Did Your Honour say one hundred dollars?

Do I finish with a paper medal on my chest?

Do we call down hellfire on the man who has sinned against the Word?

Do you believe in Bertram Cates?

Do you believe in the Bible, Mr. Dunlap?

Do you ever think about things that you do think about?

Do you figure that makes the telephone an instrument of the devil?

Do you have any personal opinions with regard to the defendant

Do you know that at the top of the world, twilight is six months long?

Do you remember those warm dark nights down by the river bank?

Do you think a man should have the same privilege as a sponge?

Do you think a sponge thinks?

Do you think so, or don't you believe the earth moves round the sun?

Do you want every word he's put into her mouth to go into the record?

Do you want to run the jury through a meat grinder so they're all the same?

Does Mr. Drummond refuse this man a place on the jury

Does right have no meaning to you, sir?

Does the defence have any objection to Colonel Brady's motion?

Does the prosecution wish to call any further witnesses?

Does Your Honour deny the existence of zoology, geology and archaeology?

Don't plague her. Let her go.

Don't tie my hands, son.

Don't worry, I'm not the serpent. This isn't from the tree of knowledge.

Don't worry, Mother. We need strength for the fight ahead.

Don't you know the future's already obsolete?

Don't you see what's happening?

Don't you see? Bert thought it wasn't fair that a little child couldn't go to heaven.

Dr Page tells me this rock is at least ten million years old.

Drummond and I have worked side by side in many battles for the common folk.

Drummond, do you have any objection

Drummond, why don't you give your ulcers a break and go home?

Due to the excessive heat, court is adjourned until ten tomorrow morning.

Eskimo pies, sweet as honey. Here's where you bring your money.

Eskimo pies! Five cents, Eskimo pies.

Eskimo pies.

Even the simple sponge is more durable. Or does a sponge think?

Every man has a dream. What do you dream about?

Everybody rise. Hear ye, hear ye!

Everyone within the sound of this boy's voice,

Everything in the Bible should be accepted exactly as it is given there.

Everything is grist for your mill, isn't it?

Evolutionists and the life beyond hold no...

Excuse me.

Extend the testaments. Let us have a Book of Brady.

Fail to grasp this simple fact.

Faith of our fathers, holy faith, we will be true to thee...

Fellow citizens and friends of the unseen audience,

First Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, Second Kings,

Follow me and I shall point out the unplumbed and plumbingless depths.

For as sure as the good Lord cast out Satan from heavenly glory,

For he is pleading the prosecution's case by his contempt for all that is holy.

For I intend to show this court that what Bertram Cates spoke quietly

For our science lesson for today,

For the time being, the witness is excused.

Friends,

From all your filthiness and from your idols will I cleanse you.

From dumping a lot of medieval nonsense into the United States Constitution.

From the filth and muck below.

From the first Wiggly protozoa here in the sea, to the ape, and finally to man.

From the hallowed hills of sacred Sinai in the days of antiquity came a law

From the hallowed hills of sacred Sinai in the days of antiquity came the law

From time remembered, wherever man's body has known hunger and oppression,

From what you've heard, is he the kind of man you'd invite for Sunday dinner?

From where we could see the way from which we came.

Funny how two people can start from the same point and drift apart.

Gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a verdict?

Gentlemen, progress has never been a bargain. You have to pay for it.

Gentlemen, you are both out of order.

George Sillers.

George Sillers. I work at the feed store.

Get a doctor!

Get me the Baltimore Herald.

Get rid of this.

Give her these pills tomorrow and keep her in bed.

Glad you asked me that. I brought these along special.

Go ahead, Henry. I said grace for you too.

Go on.

God bless you, Matthew Harrison Brady.

God has no wrath for the innocent, my dear.

God may be a matter of indifference to the

God speaks to Brady and Brady tells the world!

God speaks to you? He tells you what is right and wrong? You act accordingly?

God tells Brady what is good.

Golden Dancer had a bright red mane, blue eyes,

Good day, young gentlemen, and thank you. Sarah.

Good for you. Good for you.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

Good morning, visitors.

Good. I call one of the world's foremost experts on the Bible and its teachings.

Goodbye, Henry.

Got no opinion, sir. Opinions are bad for business.

Grandpa. Welcome to Hillsboro, sir.

Granted. Court fixes bond at $200.

Grrr!

Guest, hell! I'm a lawyer in a courtroom!

Had the audacity to think that God might whisper to him,

Hallelujah, brother.

Has alternately been stuffing himself with fried chicken

Has determined for us the exact date and hour of the Creation.

Has the accused anything to say in his defence?

Has unloosed a wicked attack from the big cities of the North.

Has vested in me the authority to confer upon you

Have you come to testify for the prosecution or the defence?

Have you ever heard of a fella called Charles Darwin?

Have you pondered what would happen to the earth if the sun stood still?

He bought some peat marsh from me one time. He paid his bill.

He can change it, cancel it, as he pleases.

He confuses material things with the spiritual value of the revealed word.

He couldn't reach them, and he decided they were groceries of a bigger creature.

He cried enough for himself during his lifetime.

He damned me. My own father damned me to hell.

He didn't, but we should have.

He doesn't have a blue feather in his hat, that's all.

He encouraged me to open up my heart to him and then he twisted my words.

He flooded the nation like a one man Mississippi.

He has been taught that he wriggled up like an animal

He has considerably more equity in it than that.

He has nothing to offer you but sin. I told you that from the beginning.

He is submitting evidence to a jury. There are no ladies on the jury.

He is trying to make us forget the lawbreaker and put the law on trial.

He is well known to have ridden hobbyhorses before.

He said first the earth was too hot for any kind of life.

He said man created a vengeful God out of his own bigotry, and the devil...

He should do what the law and the school board want him to.

He that sups with the devil must have a long spoon.

He tricked me. Why? Why did he do it?

He used to say that when we were together.

He wants to destroy everybody's belief in the Bible and in God.

He was made honorary colonel in our state militia the day he arrived.

He was one of Bert's students. He lived right next door to the boarding house,

He went to the river with the other boys and went swimming.

He wishes to think.

He would rob them of their creator and their hope of heaven.

He... He got a cramp... and drowned.

He's always done it. He did it to Bert and the little Stebbins boy.

He's faced with fine and imprisonment because he speaks what he thinks.

He's just a human being and he makes mistakes.

He's the only man I know who can strut sitting down.

Hearken to the Word!

Hearken to the Word.

Heaven has chosen us to light the road back to the shepherd, back to the fold.

Hello, Colonel.

Henry Drummond has stalked the courtrooms of this land for 40 years.

Henry Drummond, atheist!

Henry, I'd like for you to meet some of the people of Hillsboro. Mr. Carter, the mayor.

Henry, why don't you wake up? Darwin was wrong.

Henry! Henry Drummond!

Here in this courtroom. Oh, no. No.

Here, sit with me. He'll be busy for a while.

Hillsboro, heavenly Hillsboro, the buckle on the Bible Belt.

His book.

Hm.

Hm.

Hmm.

Hooligans of the world unite!

Hornbeck. EK Hornbeck. Baltimore Herald.

Hot dogs. Here you are. Get your red hot.

How are you, Reverend? Will you stand here at my side? Thank you.

How are you, Sarah? How are you?

How are you?

How can they judge if they don't know what it's about?

How can you be so cocksure that the body of scientific knowledge

How do you account for the unfortunate comment that your crusade has aroused?

How do you know God didn't spake to Charles Darwin?

How do you know how long it was?

How do you know?

How do you write an obituary for a man who's been dead 3O years?

How long did this take, according to Mr. Cates?

How long since you sold a pound of grits to some smart aleck from New York?

How old do you think this rock is?

Howard, do you know... Do you understand what I'm talking about?

I am more interested in the rock of ages than I am in the age of rocks.

I am not familiar with Mr. Brady's military record.

I am not interested in the pagan hypotheses of that book.

I am simply trying to prevent the clock stoppers

I am sure that everyone on the jury,

I am trying to establish that Howard or Colonel Brady or Charles Darwin

I ask her to forgive you and to forgive me.

I ask the court to remind the learned counsel he is not in a chautauqua tent.

I believe he has a suggestion to make.

I believe in a God who can make a whale and who can make a man,

I believe in my husband. What do you believe in?

I believe in the holy word of God. And I believe in Matthew Harrison Brady.

I believe in the truth of the Book of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,

I believe in those principles. I accept Colonel Drummond's apology.

I believe that concludes the business of this trial. I declare this court adjourn...

I believe that Hillsboro... Pardon me.

I believe the witness should be excused.

I believe we can desist with the taking of photographs for the time being.

I believe we should welcome Henry Drummond.

I bought these in Peabody's general store,

I call Dr Allen Page, deacon of the Congregational Church,

I call Walter Aaronson, anthropologist, philosopher, author,

I came to tell boy Socrates here

I can make affirmation. I've no objection to swearing to God.

I can only wish for one thing:

I can't remember.

I can't stand it when they laugh at me.

I cannot imagine the world without Matthew Harrison Brady.

I demand to know the purpose of Mr. Drummond's examination.

I didn't come to make Hillsboro different. I came to defend his right to be different.

I didn't mean to hurt her.

I do hateful things for which people love me,

I do not have the eloquence of some of the men you've heard in the last few days.

I do not question or scoff at the miracles of the Lord as do ye of little faith.

I do not think the dignity of this court will suffer

I do.

I don't believe it. I watched you in court. You seemed to enjoy it as much as ever.

I don't hardly know the man.

I don't know if the dignity of this court can be upheld with these galluses.

I don't know what the point is any more.

I don't know whose idea it was to hang up a shingle spelling "horse and buggy",

I don't know. I am a man, not a sponge.

I don't know. I don't know why he did it.

I don't like that fella. Oh!

I don't see anything funny in this, Mr. Hornbeck.

I don't suppose you have committed to memory The Origin Of The Species.

I don't think your scientists have improved it any.

I don't understand.

I fail to grasp the learned counsel's meaning.

I feel no animosity toward learned counsel from Chicago.

I feel that...

I found myself in bed today, in the middle of the day.

I guess it must have been. Mr. Cates read it to us from a book.

I had a nice clean place to stay, madam, and I left it to come here.

I have been to their cities and I have seen the altars

I have come here because what has happened in your town

I have established that Mr. Sillers is not working very hard at religion.

I have no serious objection to the honorary title of Private Brady.

I have reason to be. I have messages of encouragement from...

I heard you say that the world used to get pretty hot.

I hereby appoint you a temporary honorary colonel in the state militia.

I hereby declare this court is adjourned sine die.

I hold that the very law we are here to enforce excludes such testimony.

I hope counsel does not mean to imply that this court is bigoted.

I hope you gentlemen madam will not be influenced by this same negative bias.

I jumped into the saddle and I started to rock.

I kept begging him to let me go.

I know because God tells me to oppose the evil teachings of that man.

I know it's the great zeal of your faith which makes you utter this prayer,

I know what Bert is going through. It's the loneliest feeling in the world.

I know. The Bible gives a fine account of the Flood.

I left my father.

I like the sound of that.

I love him, Pa. I love him.

I may be rancid butter, but I'm on your side of the bread.

I mean did they begat in much the same way as folks get themselves begat today?

I mean to state that it is not necessarily a 24 hour day.

I messed things up pretty badly for us, didn't I?

I must tell you that right has no meaning for me whatsoever.

I never dreamed our ideas would separate us.

I object to that.

I object to the defence attorney rejecting a worthy citizen

I object to the note of levity which the counsel for the defence is introducing.

I object to this, Your Honour.

I object, I object, I object!

I only wish it were under different circumstances.

I order you to show 'cause tomorrow morning at ten o'clock

I protest! This is not only irrelevant, immaterial, it is illegal!

I read your article yesterday. Very biased reporting, I must say.

I realise Your Honour is trying to be fair.

I saw a demonstration of that faith. It's a deadly instrument.

I say that if this law is not upheld, this boy will become one of a generation

I say that these Bible haters, these evolutionists are brewers of poison.

I say that you cannot administer a wicked law impartially.

I say to hell with it.

I see no reason why Colonel Drummond should not continue as defence counsel.

I seen him once. At a chautauqua meeting in Chattanooga.

I shall speak out, as I have all my life,

I should have done this in the beginning. I want...

I should like to add that in the spirit of forgiveness

I should like to read into the record a few short remarks.

I should like to withdraw my withdrawal and continue as counsel for Cates.

I suppose you can quote me chapter and verse in the King James Version.

I suppose you have something better to suggest.

I sure am glad the colonel didn't make a speech.

I take it you will tell the truth.

I taught my pupils that Matthew Harrison Brady was a great man.

I tell you, if man believes he is descended from the beasts, he must remain a beast.

I thank you.

I thank you. Your contributions will be gratefully received.

I think every man longs to be his brother's keeper and to be cared for in return.

I think my client has already been found guilty.

I think the right to think is very much on trial here.

I thought I made myself plain. I'm not gonna warn you again...

I tried to open their kids' minds. Their kids.

I trust it was in three separate elections.

I used to say to myself "If I had Golden Dancer I'd have everything I ever wanted."

I voted for him for president. Twice.

I waited supper for you. It's on the table.

I wanna tell you we're just plain folk down here.

I wanna warn the spectators that the court will not tolerate any undue disturbance.

I want my bank holding credit with New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois.

I want those amens in the record.

I wanted to run to you to have you tell me that I was safe,

I was a schoolteacher.

I was about seven years old at the time and a great judge of rocking horses.

I was asleep, but...

I was dreaming I was in the witness chair, chained to it.

I wasn't old enough to vote for him the first time he run, but my pa did.

I will continue in the future, as I have in the past,

I wish I could describe the tension in this courtroom today.

I wish I had your worm's eye view of history. It would make things a lot easier.

I wish to enquire what possible relevance

I woke in the morning and there was Golden Dancer at the foot of my bed.

I wrote to that newspaper in Baltimore. They're sending somebody.

I'd like to call Dr Amos Keller, the head of Zoology at the University of Chicago.

I'd rather have a heathen laughing at me than have my sons laughing at my Bible.

I'd wake up in the middle of the night afraid of the dark,

I'll make them listen. Where's my speech? I'll make them understand.

I'll put up my farm for Mr. Drummond.

I'm admired for my detestability.

I'm as religious as the next fella.

I'm defending the 40 years I've lived with this man

I'm glad your mother isn't here to see what's become of you.

I'm just glad you're here.

I'm just working at the feed store.

I'm not betraying anybody.

I'm not leaving Bert.

I'm not sure. I gotta think about it.

I'm not your child any longer, Mr. Brady.

I'm pretty busy down at the feed store. My wife tends the religion for both of us.

I'm sorry.

I'm sure everyone will wish to remain after we adjourn to hear your address.

I'm sure the governor won't object.

I'm telling you we've gone too far.

I'm very sorry for any remarks that were made in the heat of the moment.

I've been a lawyer long enough to know there are no total victories.

I've been convicted of violating an unjust law.

I've been on the phone with the lieutenant governor all morning.

I've never known the defence to call the prosecuting attorney as a witness.

I've seen what you can do to a jury. Twist them.

If Bertram Cates were on trial for murder,

If counsel can advance the case for the defendant

If everybody had your driving curiosity.

If he could do such an evil thing, then he must be an evil man.

If he's been wrong, at least he stood for something. What do you stand for?

If he's examining Colonel Brady on the Bible, let him stick to the Bible

If I could just explain it clearly, then you'd understand. Mr. Brady, please...

If in the beginning there were Cain and Abel and Adam and Eve,

If it hadn't been for you fighting to give them all that suffrage.

If it hadn't been for you supporting him and being his secretary of state.

If it were one single dollar he would not pay it.

If Joshua stopped the sun in the sky,

If not, I sentence you to life as a public servant,

If progress means abandoning God, abandoning the faith of our fathers...

If St George had killed a dragonfly instead of a dragon, who would remember him?

If that sweet child came home from school and told you a godless teacher...

If that's the case, tell me and I'll pack my bag

If the enemy sends his Goliath into battle, it magnifies our 'cause.

If the Lord wishes a sponge to think, it thinks.

If we remove a few superfluous outer garments.

If you can do one you can do the other,

If you do, it becomes your monument, not theirs.

If you find an evolutionist in this town, you can refuse him.

If you had a son, or a daughter, what would you think

If you say them out loud, you'll make them sound like answers.

If, as they say, the sun stood still,

Imagine, Matthew Harrison Brady coming here.

In a basic fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible.

In a child's power to master the multiplication table

In a way you are. You killed one of their fairy tale notions.

In all this talk of bugs and evolution, of slime and ooze,

In conclusion, the governor of our glorious state

In exact minutes, degrees and seconds.

In Hillsboro, sir, that means a great deal.

In other words, all of these folks were conceived and brought forth

In spite of dungeon, fire and sword...

In the beginning the earth was without form and void,

In the Endicott case you made the jury believe the obscenity was in their mind.

In the meanwhile, I order that you be held in custody of the bailiff.

In this community, and in this sovereign state, exactly the opposite is the case.

In this instance as to the murder of known or unknown persons.

In view of my position, I hardly think it ethical to express my opinion.

In what spirit is this question asked?

In your home town, Mr. Brady, Weeping Water, Nebraska.

Into the experiences that sometimes will lead a young man astray.

Is in any way irreconcilable with the Book of Genesis?

Is it possible that something is holy to the celebrated agnostic?

Is moved by his tragic confusion.

Is Mr. Drummond saying that this expression of an honest emotion

Is proud to have within its city limits

Is that Eastern Standard Time?

Is the counsel for the defence

Is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel...

Isn't it possible that it could have been 25 hours?

Isn't there anything? What touches you? What warms you?

It calls up a picture of the prosecution astride a white horse

It constantly amazes me that you apostles of science, for all your supposed wisdom,

It could have been 3O hours. Could have been a week.

It frightens me to think of the state of learning in the world

It has been called to my attention

It is considered original sin.

It is good enough for Brady...

It is good enough for Brady...

It is incontrovertible as geometry to any enlightened community of minds.

It is not boastful to say that I have studied the Bible as much as any layman,

It is not every day that a man attains the position of temporary honorary colonel.

It is not merely to prosecute a lawbreaker,

It is true, then, that because of what happened to the Stebbins boy,

It is unlawful to withhold pertinent information.

It isn't enough that everybody has to pass under a sign that says "Read Your Bible".

It occurred in the year 4004 BC.

It ought to be worth that much.

It sounds more convincing coming from you.

It the revealed word of the Almighty God, spake to the men who wrote the Bible.

It was immoral what you did to the jury. Judgement by confusion.

It was Proverbs, wasn't it?

It was two summers ago. The little Stebbins boy was 13 years old.

It wasn't Daylight Saving Time, the Lord didn't make the sun until the fourth day.

It wasn't God he abandoned, only the church.

It wasn't his fault.

It wasn't your fault. Brady can twist things...

It wouldn't be the same.

It'll be bigger than the chautauqua at Chattanooga.

It'll be the people themselves who will speak.

It's all right, baby. It's all right.

It's back in the shoe.

It's four, Colonel Drummond.

It's his church or our house. You can't live in both.

It's like walking down an empty street listening to your own footsteps.

It's not an opinion. It's a fact, which the bishop arrived at through computation

It's not as simple as all that. Good or bad, black or white, day or night.

It's sad we don't all have your positive knowledge of what is right and wrong.

It's the nature of the life process.

It's up to you, Cates. You just say the word and we'll change the plea.

Jesse H Dunlap. Farmer.

Joshua making the sun stand still.

Just as big, with just as big letters, which says "Read Your Darwin".

Just plain folk, second generation.

Just repeat some of the conversations you had with the defendant.

Just watching the water.

Justice rests...

Ladies and gentlemen, devolution is not a theory but a proven fact.

Ladies and gentlemen, my paper is happy to announce

Language is a poor enough means of communication.

Latter day Dreyfus, Romeo with a biology book.

Let 'em laugh. We fighting the Lord's battle, ain't we?

Let her go or I'll change my plea to guilty.

Let him know the terror of thy sword.

Let us give thanks to the Lord. Let us pray.

Let us proceed with the selection of the final juror. Mort.

Let's go home.

Let's put it this way, Howard.

Let's see...

Lighting his way to everlasting salvation.

Like a golden chalice of hope.

Like everything else in this town, misnamed.

Like my golden Dancer.

Like the whole house was upside down

Listen carefully.

Living still in spite of dungeon, fire and sword.

Look at those beetling brows. Look at those shifty eyes.

Look, Mr. Brady.

Looks like you're going out in a blaze of glory, Counsellor.

Lord, we ask this same curse for those who ask grace for this sinner,

Lost in darkness and despair, and here, here in this courtroom living still,

Make us worthy of thy grace. Amen.

Man's still an ape and his creed's still a totem pole.

Matt, you know what the doctor said about not overeating in this heat.

Matt!

Matt! Matt!

Matt.

Matt.

Matt. Matt, dear.

Matthew Harrison Brady,

Matthew Harrison Brady.

Matthew Harrison Brady.

May I have a moment, please?

May I have your autograph?

Maybe it meant too much to him. Maybe he was tired or afraid.

Maybe someday you will. That's all, son. Thank you. You're excused.

Me too. Excused.

Measure the distance between the stars and forget him who holds the stars.

Miracle? Here's a whole bagful.

Mom had skimped on the groceries and my father had worked nights for a month.

Monkey trial! Here's another one. "Monkey Shines In Hillsboro."

Mort, call a venireman to fill the twelfth and last seat on the jury.

Mort, don't let my father know I came here.

Mort.