Lincoln (2012)
James Spader: W.N. Bilbo
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Quotes
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William Seward : Gentleman, you have a visitor.
W.N. Bilbo : [checking Latham's cards] Goddamn!
W.N. Bilbo : [President Lincoln walks in] Well, I'll be fucked.
Abraham Lincoln : I wouldn't bet against it, Mr... ?
W.N. Bilbo : W.N.Bilbo.
Abraham Lincoln : Yeah, Mr. Bilbo. Gentlemen...
Robert Latham : Sir.
W.N. Bilbo : Why are you here? No offense, but Mr. Seward's banished the very mention of your name, he won't even let us use fifty-cent pieces 'cause they got your face on 'em.
Abraham Lincoln : The Secretary of State here tells me that, uh... you got eleven Democrats in the bag. That's encouraging.
Richard Schell : Oh, you've got no cause to be encouraged. Sir. Uh...
Robert Latham : Are we being... fired?
Abraham Lincoln : [quoting Shakespeare's, "Henry IV, Part 2"] 'We have heard the chimes of midnight, Master Shallow.' I'm here to alert you boys that the great day of reckoning is nigh upon us.
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W.N. Bilbo : The kind that hates niggers, hates God for making niggers.
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W.N. Bilbo : [on Fernando Wood making his speech] Jesus. When's this son of liberty, sum-a-bitch gonna sit down?
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W.N. Bilbo : [on George Eastman] Looks like he ate a bad oyster.
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W.N. Bilbo : Perhaps we need reinforcements. If Jeff Davis wants to cease hostilities, who do you think'll give a genuine solid shit to free slaves?
William Seward : Get back to it... and gentlemen, good day.
Richard Schell : We are at an impasse.
Robert Latham : Tell Lincoln to deny the rumors, publicly.
Richard Schell : Tell us what you expect of us.
William Seward : I expect you to do your work. And to have sufficient sense and taste not to presume to instruct the President. Or me.
Richard Schell : Is there a Confederate offer, or not?
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W.N. Bilbo : Congressmen come cheap. Few thousand bucks will buy you all you need.
William Seward : The President would be unhappy to hear you did that.
W.N. Bilbo : Well, will he be unhappy if we lose?
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Clay Hawkins : If my neighbors hear that I voted yes for nigger freedom and no to peace, they will kill me.
W.N. Bilbo : A deal is a deal. You men know better than to piss your pants just because there's talk about peace talks.