Inherit the Wind (1988 TV Movie)

Jean Simmons: Lucy Brady

Quotes 

• Matthew Harrison Brady : They laughed at me, Lucy. They laughed at me. God forbid I should fail here and now.

  Lucy Brady : I know, darling. But, after all, it is just one teacher in Hillsboro.

  Matthew Harrison Brady : One? One teacher is enough to bring this country back to where we were before. I tell you, Lucy, we've got to stop them now. Thank God there is still time. I'm drafting a closing argument that will bring the Henry Drummonds of this world to their knees. Listen, Lucy: "Religion isn't hostile to learning. But can we ever permit learning that encourages godlessness in our schools?"

  Lucy Brady : Absolutely right, darling. Absolutely right.

  Matthew Harrison Brady : God is holding my hand. I can feel the strength of the lion.

• Lucy Brady : [Reading from the Bible]  "For whoever shall save his life, shall lose it. But whosoever will lose his life for my sake will shall save it. For what is a man advantaged if he gain the whole world and lose himself or be cast away."

  Matthew Harrison Brady : Amen. Oh, yes, yes. I could feel it, Lucy. I could just feel the Holy Spirit in that courtroom today. It was all around me. Guiding me. And judgment will be brought against that young man.

  Lucy Brady : Don't be too severe in your judgment, Matt.

  Matthew Harrison Brady : Not mine, not the court's, not the jury's.

  [Points heavenward] 

  Matthew Harrison Brady : God's own judgment will be brought against him.

• Lucy Brady : Were you surprised that Henry's coming here?

  Matthew Harrison Brady : [Thinks a moment]  No. Drummond likes a fight. Remember the way he fought for me in that first election?

  Lucy Brady : Yes. This time he's not on your side.

  Matthew Harrison Brady : Well, he'll do his job, and I'll try to do mine.