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1. "Can't you understand? That if you take a law like evolution and you make it a crime to teach it in the public schools, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private schools? And tomorrow you may make it a crime to read about it. And soon you may ban books and newspapers. And then you may turn Catholic against Protestant, and Protestant against Protestant, and try to foist your own religion upon the mind of man. If you can do one, you can do the other. Because fanaticism and ignorance is forever busy, and needs feeding. And soon, your Honor, with banners flying and with drums beating we'll be marching backward, BACKWARD, through the glorious ages of that Sixteenth Century when bigots burned the man who dared bring enlightenment and intelligence to the human mind-Henry Drummond, a character in Inherit The Wind" ~ Jerome Lawrence
2. "An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. And the advance of man's knowledge is a greater miracle than all the sticks turned to snakes or the parting of the waters." ~ Jerome Lawrence
3. "It snows. So I don't even have to go to the pond for fresh water — just reach out the door for a handful of snow. Melt it, and it's sweet as the sky." ~ Jerome Lawrence
4. "Fanaticism and Ignorance is forever busy and needs feeding." ~ Jerome Lawrence
5. "A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent." ~ Jerome Lawrence
6. "It's always such a joy that you wake up in the morning and there's work to do." ~ Jerome Lawrence
7. "I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing." ~ Jerome Lawrence
8. "The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control." ~ Jerome Lawrence
9. "A giant once lived in that body. But Matt Brady got lost. Because he was looking for God too high up and too far away." ~ Jerome Lawrence
10. "He weighs the volume in his hand; this one has been the center of the whirlwind. Then DRUMMOND notices the Bible on the JUDGE's bench. He picks up the Bible in his other hand; he looks from one volume to the other, balancing them thoughtfully, as if his hands were scales. He half-smiles, half-shrugs. Then DRUMMOND slaps the two books together and jams them in his brief case, side by side. Slowly, he climbs to the street level and crosses the empty square." ~ Jerome Lawrence
11. "A play is a passion." ~ Jerome Lawrence
12. "All experience helps when you write." ~ Jerome Lawrence
13. "The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool." ~ Jerome Lawrence
14. "Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again." ~ Jerome Lawrence

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Normally, I don't drink on the job," she said to Rafe, "but damned if that old bastard hasn't given me a reason to start."(Sam, Graham Winters secretary)"
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