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Citizen Kane - You Want Love On Your Own Terms Lyrics by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles

Citizen Kane

1941

[Jedediah Leland]
You talk about the people as though you owned them. As though they belong to you. Goodness. As long as I can remember, you've talked about giving the people their rights, as if you can make them a present of Liberty, as a reward for services rendered...You remember the working man?
(When Kane suggested getting drunk with him, Leland replied:)
Aw, it won't do any good. Besides, you never get drunk. You used to write an awful lot about the workingman...He's turning into something called organized labor. You're not gonna like that one little bit when you find out it means that your workingman expects something is his right, not as your gift! Charlie, when your precious underprivileged really get together, oh boy! That's gonna add up to something bigger than your privileges! Then I don't know what you'll do! Sail away to a desert island probably, and lord it over the monkeys!...(sneering) Mmm, you may not always be so lucky...You don't care about anything except you. You just want to persuade people that you love 'em so much that they oughta love you back. Only you want love on your own terms. It's somethin' to be played your way, according to your rules
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Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles

Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles

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