Up the Down Staircase (1967)

Roy Poole: Mr. McHabe

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• [Mr. McHabe notices Miss Barrett walking towards class with a homemade suggestion box] 

  J.J. McHabe : Oh. Suggestions, Miss Barrett, ahh? I must say you've got guts.

  Sylvia Barrett : It's just an idea, Mr. McHabe. It seems to me that if the students have a chance to speak freely without fear of punishment...

  J.J. McHabe : Listen, you start running this school with ideas, you'll have riots in your rooms. Fear - That's all they understand.