Heroes for Sale (1933)

Berton Churchill: Mr. Winston

Quotes 

• Mr. Winston : After 25 years of public confidence, I find myself with a drug addict in my employ. A drug addict handling the depositors' money. An employee of mine with this loathsome, cowardly habit. I can't understand it. I know how careful your mother brought you up. The sacrifices she made sending you to school, fitting you for a good, clean Christian life. This is a nice...

  Thomas 'Tom' Holmes : Oh, wait a minute. How do you think I started taking that stuff, for fun or pleasure? Well, I'll tell you how. They gave it to me in a German hospital to keep me from going mad with pain. Pain, agony, continual torture. Day after day, like a million ants eating me alive. You know what that means? No, you don't. Because when I was being blown to bits, you were sitting here, safe and comfortable. And you're still sitting here in judgment.