Jean Simmons credited as playing...
Lucy Brady
- Matthew Harrison Brady: They laughed at me, Lucy. They laughed at me. God forbid I should fail here and now.
- Lucy Brady: I know, darling. But, after all, it is just one teacher in Hillsboro.
- Matthew Harrison Brady: One? One teacher is enough to bring this country back to where we were before. I tell you, Lucy, we've got to stop them now. Thank God there is still time. I'm drafting a closing argument that will bring the Henry Drummonds of this world to their knees. Listen, Lucy: "Religion isn't hostile to learning. But can we ever permit learning that encourages godlessness in our schools?"
- Lucy Brady: Absolutely right, darling. Absolutely right.
- Matthew Harrison Brady: God is holding my hand. I can feel the strength of the lion.
- Lucy Brady: [Reading from the Bible] "For whoever shall save his life, shall lose it. But whosoever will lose his life for my sake will shall save it. For what is a man advantaged if he gain the whole world and lose himself or be cast away."
- Matthew Harrison Brady: Amen. Oh, yes, yes. I could feel it, Lucy. I could just feel the Holy Spirit in that courtroom today. It was all around me. Guiding me. And judgment will be brought against that young man.
- Lucy Brady: Don't be too severe in your judgment, Matt.
- Matthew Harrison Brady: Not mine, not the court's, not the jury's.
- [Points heavenward]
- Matthew Harrison Brady: God's own judgment will be brought against him.
- Lucy Brady: Were you surprised that Henry's coming here?
- Matthew Harrison Brady: [Thinks a moment] No. Drummond likes a fight. Remember the way he fought for me in that first election?
- Lucy Brady: Yes. This time he's not on your side.
- Matthew Harrison Brady: Well, he'll do his job, and I'll try to do mine.