The Man (1972 film) Quotes

The Man (1972 film) is a TV show that first aired in 1970 . The Man stopped airing in 1970.

It features Lee Rich as producer, Jerry Goldsmith in charge of musical score, and Edward Rosson as head of cinematography.

The Man (1972 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Man (1972 film) is 93 min. long. The Man (1972 film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: James Earl Jones as Douglass Dilman, Lew Ayres as Noah Calvin, and Janet MacLachlan as Wanda.

The Man (1972 film) Quotes

James Earl Jones as Douglass Dilman

(We don't have any quotes for this character)

Janet MacLachlan as Wanda

• (Janet MacLachlan) "How are you, Dad?"
• (James Earl Jones) "Numb. Numbness being a, er, defence mechanism."
• (Janet MacLachlan) "Against what?"
• (James Earl Jones) "Against -- against breaking into small pieces. They flew you here? From Ohio?"
• (Janet MacLachlan) "On an Air Force jet, no less. Two Secret Servicemen came right into my dorm and got me."
• (James Earl Jones) "What's known as the long arm of Government."
• (James Earl Jones) "It's nice to have you in the nation's capital for something other than a protest march."
• (Janet MacLachlan) "Well, I guess I'll have to cool that sort of thing for a while."
• (James Earl Jones) "I think maybe so. You are now a member of the nation's First Family, small though it may be. So the next time you throw rocks at the Establishment, keep in mind that the father you hit may be your own."
• (James Earl Jones) "Perhaps by tomorrow morning, I can get my hands to stop shaking. I'm the wrong one, Wanda"
• (Janet MacLachlan) "Why?"
• (James Earl Jones) "They were expecting a black Messiah. You can tell them what they got, eh?"
• (Janet MacLachlan) "What they got is a black President. That's more than they've ever gotten."
• (James Earl Jones) "May I remind you, not by election. And the rest of the country is going to want an Uncle Tom. Well, I can't be what everybody wants me to be. And I'm a little afraid that I'm going to cause this country more chaos then it really deserves."
• (Janet MacLachlan) "Well, I don't give a damn about the rest of this country; their sensitivities, their racial hang-ups. Do me a favour will you, please? Stop being the pedantic professor with an aversion to causes? Stop being "Senator Ineffectual". There are fifteen million people out there, tied to you buy the colour of your skin. And if you go under, they drown with you. They don't want you humble. They don't want you apologetic. They just want you President."

Lew Ayres as Noah Calvin

• (Lew Ayres) "In eight to ten weeks, you'd be burying another President. We can survive campaigns; that's the system. I don't think we can handle that many presidential funerals."

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