Michael Shannon
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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get out of this quagmire we're currently in, it might behoove people to take a look at this period in our nation's history.
physically occupying the character did you grow that big beard i literally could not uh grow that beard even if you gave me five years it wouldn't look anything like that but we had um such a brilliant team of hair and makeup and wardrobe and they just they do their magic you know
Gentlemen, harm yourselves this instant, or I will expel you from this building for good.
That includes you, Mr. Secretary.
Now, I made a vow to end the rot in our government.
Spoils, patronage, call it what you want.
It's no good.
do-nothing, siphoning taxpayer money for jobs that don't even exist.
Elected officials brazenly peddling their influence at auctions.
This is not how democracy endures.
This is wrong, and all of us know it.
This is our fight.
One day, years from now,
Each one of us will be judged by what we do in this moment.
How will they talk about us?
I wonder.
You know, it's interesting.
I know we're not talking about it right now, but it draws a comparison to something that Robert Jackson says in Nuremberg when he's talking to the Pope.