Movie Quote Monday

"Alright you’re walking along, got a nickel in your jeans, you're as free as the wind, nobody bothers ya.  Hundreds of people pass you by in every line of business; shoes, hats, automobiles, radios, furniture, everything.  And they’re all nice lovable people and they let you alone.  Is that right?  Then, you get a hold of some dough and what happens? All those nice sweet lovable people become helots.  Allot of heels. They begin creeping up on ya; trying to sell ya something; they get long claws and they get a strangle hold on ya and ya squirm, and ya duck and ya holler and you try to push 'em away but ya haven't got a chance.  They got ya.  First thing ya know ya owe 'em things.  The car fer instance; now your whole life is messed up with a lot more stuff.  Ya got license fees, and number plates, and gas and oil and taxes and insurance and identification cards and letters and bills and flat tires and dents and traffic tickets and motorcycle cops and courtrooms and lawyers and fines and a million and one other things.  And what happens?  You're not the free and happy guy ya used to be.  Ya gotta have money to pay for all those things, so you go after what the other fellows got.  And there ya are-- you're a helot yourself."

Colonel, 1941, meet John Doe, screenplay Robert Riskin, director Frank Capra.