I will, proudly and by preference, do at least one picture a year for King Brothers, and I will try to make it the best picture that I have it in me to do. Dalton Trumbo Read Quote
The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people. Dalton Trumbo Read Quote
One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you’re obliged to act like one. Dalton Trumbo Read Quote
Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don’t understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn’t like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It’s the kind of a life a decent man leads, it’s something to live for and to die for. Dalton Trumbo Read Quote
A good businessman never makes a contract unless he’s sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not. Dalton Trumbo Read Quote
Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well. Dalton Trumbo Read Quote
I am one day going to be working openly in the motion picture industry. When that day comes, I swear to you that I will never sign a term contract with any major studio. Dalton Trumbo Read Quote
I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of. Dalton Trumbo Read Quote
We’ll free every slave in every town and region. Can anybody get a bigger army than that? Dalton Trumbo Read Quote