Wild in the Streets (1968)

Michael Margotta: Jimmy Fergus

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• Jimmy Fergus : Do you think I should be able to vote or not?

  Mary Fergus : Jimmy, if you love your father, you'd trust him.

  Jimmy Fergus : That's what George III said to the Americans in 1776. Trust me.

• Senator Johnny Fergus : Sorry I'm late. It's not easy getting around Washington these days, is it?

  Jimmy Fergus : No, no, you have to kinda tiptoe between the teenagers.

• Jimmy Fergus : I'm part of Max's political brain trust. You see, you put down the Republicans, Dad. That's easy. But you Democrats, you solved all your problems 30 years ago, too. The same as them. There aren't going to be any wars any more. Not big ones. We know that! You know, if we didn't have a foreign policy, we wouldn't even have small wars. Max feels that we don't need a foreign policy. And at home, everybody's rich! And if they're not, they can sleep on the beaches and live like the rich anyway. There aren't any Negroes any more, the way you Democrats seem to think. You think you see them. But I don't think I see them! All I see is a man who got out on the shore and started his tan sooner than I did... when that New Order comes in.

• Max Frost : I won't talk to Eisenhower. I ain't gonna talk to Rockefeller and I won't talk to Dirksen.

  The Hook, Abraham : You gotta be out of your Chinese skull.

  Max Frost : I won't take their nomination. I run my own party or I run Democrat.

  The Hook, Abraham : You're really getting square. Tell him.

  Jimmy Fergus : The Republicans want you, Max. You don't even have to pull any stunts. They've been lookin' for a hero ever since they lost Eisenhower.

  Billy Cage : Nixon would sure look dumb with long hair.

  The Hook, Abraham : And Ronald Reagan would look worse!

• Senator Johnny Fergus : You could drive a man to drink!

  Jimmy Fergus : You see? You're part of that alcoholic generation, Dad. You *need* to drink.

  Senator Johnny Fergus : Stop it! I ought to take you over my knee and beat the...

  Jimmy Fergus : That would be your solution, wouldn't it?

  Senator Johnny Fergus : Sit! Sit down.

  Jimmy Fergus : Dad, I have the vote now. Remember? In your own way, I suppose you're a great man. You helped us start it all. But, you know, I really don't dig that family scene. That's your hang-up, Senator. Not mine.