Born Yesterday (1950)

Larry Oliver: Congressman Norval Hedges

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• Congressman Norval Hedges : I said to Sam only last week this country will soon to have to decide if the people are going to run the government, or the government is going to run the people.

• Harry Brock : There's a way to get this thing done. That's all I know and it's up to you and Jim to find out how.

  Congressman Norval Hedges : Yes, the Hedges/Keller Amendment, for example, guarantees government support of scrap iron price levels, foreign or domestic. We're trying to get it through quickly.

  Harry Brock : Well, see that you do. That's why I'm here - to see that I get what I paid for.

• Congressman Norval Hedges : This country will soon have to decide if the people are going to run the government - or the government run the people.