Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939

President of Senate:
The Chair recognizes... Senator Smith!

Jefferson Smith:
Thank you, sir.

Clarissa Saunders:
Diz, here we go.

Jefferson Smith:
Well, I guess the gentlemen are in a pretty tall hurry to get me out of here. The way the evidence has piled up against me, I can't say I blame them much. And I'm quite willing to go, sir, when they vote it that way - but before that happens I've got a few things I want to say to this body. I tried to say them once before, and I got stopped colder than a mackerel. Well, I'd like to get them said this time, sir. And as a matter of fact, I'm not going to leave this body until I do get them said.

Senator Joseph Paine:
Mr. President, will the Senator yield?

President of Senate:
Will the Senator yield?

Jefferson Smith:
No, sir, I'm afraid not, no sir. I yielded the floor once before, if you can remember, and I was practically never heard of again. No sir. And we might as well all get together on this yielding business right off the bat, now.

Jefferson Smith:
Now, I had some pretty good coaching last night, and I find that if I yield only for a question or a point of order or a personal privilege, that I can hold this floor almost until doomsday. In other words, I've got a piece to speak, and blow hot or cold, I'm going to speak it.

Senator Joseph Paine:
Will the Senator yield?

President of Senate:
Will Senator Smith yield?

Jefferson Smith:
Yield how, sir?

Senator Joseph Paine:
Will he yield for a question?

Jefferson Smith:
For a question, alright.