Gabriel Over the White House

Jimmy Vetter:
I got a speech.

Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States:
A speech? Let's hear it.

Jimmy Vetter:
I love my uncle Judd because he's going to cure the Depression and make everybody rich.

Pendola 'Pendie' Molloy:
I'm not a very religious person, Beek, but does it seem too fanciful to believe that God might've sent the angel Gabriel to do for Judd Hammond what He did for Daniel?

Hartley 'Beek' Beekman - Secretary to the President:
Gabriel? I thought he was the messenger of Wrath.

Pendola 'Pendie' Molloy:
Not always. To some he was the Angel of Revelations. A messenger sent from God to men.

Hartley 'Beek' Beekman - Secretary to the President:
Huh... Gabriel over the White House.

Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States:
The American people have risen before and they will rise again. Gentlemen, remember, our party promises a return to prosperity.

Mr. Thieson:
Mr. President, my paper's indictment against the government is a staggering one. Starvation is wanton everywhere, from coast to coast and from Canada to Mexico. Millions of dollars are poured into new battleships. Farmers burn corn and wheat, food is thrown into the sea while men and women are begging for bread. Men are freezing without coats while cotton rots in the field. Thousands are homeless, millions of vacant homes. Over 5000 gang land murders last year, and only five gangsters in prison, not for killing but for income tax violations! What does the New Administration say to this? What answer? What definite plan has the government for this indictment, this state of misery and horror, of lost hope, of broken faith, of the collapse of American democracy?

Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States:
[as the Vice-President leaves the room] Good night, Mr. Vice-President. I hope you sleep well.

Vice President:
When did a Vice-President do anything else? [Hammond shakes hands with him, but wipes it in disdain after he leaves]

Pendola 'Pendie' Molloy:
[to Beekman about the President] He's doing the things you wanted. The way he thinks is so simple and honest. It sounds a little crazy. If he's mad, it's a divine madness. Look at the chaos and catastrophe the sane men of this world have brought about!