WIST Quotations

Stone, Peter -- 1776 (play, 1969) [with Sherman Edwards]

Dave — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:32:18 +0000

DICKINSON: Don’t forget that most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor.

Peter Stone (1930-2003) American writer for theater, television, movies
1776 (play, 1969) [with Sherman Edwards]

Stone, Peter -- 1776, play (1969) [with Sherman Edwards]

Dave — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:50:48 +0000

DICKINSON: Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Lee, Mr. Hopkins, Dr. Franklin, why have you joined this — incendiary little man, this BOSTON radical? This demagogue, this MADMAN?

ADAMS: Are you calling me a madman, you, you — you FRIBBLE!

FRANKLIN: Easy, John.

ADAMS: You cool, considerate men — you hang to the rear on every issue so that if we should go under, you’ll still remain afloat!

DICKINSON: Are you calling me a coward?

ADAMS: Yes — coward!

DICKINSON: Madman!

ADAMS: Landlord!

DICKINSON: LAWYER!

[A brawl breaks out]

Peter Stone (1930-2003) American writer for theater, television, movies
1776, play (1969) [with Sherman Edwards]

Stone, Peter -- 1776, with Sherman Edwards (play 1969)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

ADAMS: This is a revolution, dammit! We’re going to have to offend SOMEbody!

Peter Stone (1930-2003) American writer for theater, television, movies
1776, with Sherman Edwards (play 1969)

Stone, Peter -- 1776, with Sherman Edwards (play 1969)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

ADAMS [praying to God in song]:
A little flood, a simple famine, plagues of locusts everywhere,
Or a cataclysmic earthquake, I’d accept with some despair.
But no, you send us Congress! Good God, sir, was that fair?

Peter Stone (1930-2003) American writer for theater, television, movies
1776, with Sherman Edwards (play 1969)

Stone, Peter -- 1776, with Sherman Edwards (play, 1969)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

HOPKINS: In all my years, I never seen, heard, nor smelled an issue that was so dangerous it couldn’t be talked about.

Peter Stone (1930-2003) American writer for theater, television, movies
1776, with Sherman Edwards (play, 1969)