Iron Jawed Angels (2004 TV Movie)

Frances O'Connor: Lucy Burns

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Quotes 

• Emily Leighton : I really don't follow politics, Ms. Burns. I haven't the head for it.

  Lucy Burns : We're citizens or we're chattle: you don't really need a degree from Harvard to figure that out.

• Lucy Burns : To pay the fine would be admitting guilt. We haven't broken a law. Not one dollar!

• Lucy Burns : Don't you ever want to get married?

  Alice Paul : I'm busy that day.

• Ida Wells-Barnett : I'm told you expect Negro women to march in a separate unit. At the back.

  Alice Paul : Southern Suffrage groups threatened to withdraw...

  Ida Wells-Barnett : Are the ladies afraid we'll march out of step? Call their bluff.

  Alice Paul : We can't afford to lose their support. Not with the Democrats in office.

  Ida Wells-Barnett : Who's we? Women? Or just white women?

  Lucy Burns : Now wait a minute...

  Alice Paul : We have one agenda. Suffrage. Add another issue...

  Ida Wells-Barnett : If we don't stand up now, what happens to Negro women when you finally get the vote? They'll keep us out of the polling places any way they can.

  Alice Paul : Other colored groups have agreed to the compromise.

  Lucy Burns : Not perfect, but we've got to be practical.

  Ida Wells-Barnett : Dress up prejudice and call it politics? I expected more from a Quaker. I'll march with my peers, or not at all.

• Movie patron : Would you please be quiet?

  Alice Paul : My sister is blind; I have to read her the subtitles.

  Lucy Burns : [to Alice]  That's it, you've ruined it. We're leaving.

  [Inez starts flailing her arms in front of her when she stands up, pretending to be blind] 

• Lucy Burns : [mimicking/mocking Carrie]  Do me a favor, don't question Susan's thoughts on cheese. We worked side by side with Susan. We worked cheek to cheek with Susan. She despised cheddar and she loathed Muenster.

• Alice Paul : It's warm in here. Can you open a window?

  Matron Herndon : Get to work.

  Alice Paul : Can't you see she looks faint? All I ask is that you open a window.

  Lucy Burns : Matron, my needle broke. Can I have another?

  [Alice takes off her shoe and throws it at the window, breaking it] 

  Alice Paul : That's better, isn't it?

  Matron Herndon : Put her in solitary.

• Lucy Burns : [crying]  Tell me what you did! If you do anything to hurt that girl! Do you hear me?

• Alice Paul : I found someone who designs parade floats.

  Lucy Burns : Whoa, I thought we were going to keep this small.

  Alice Paul : Why?

  Lucy Burns : Because you've never organized a parade before. Neither have I. It's not like giving a dinner party.

  Alice Paul : Have you ever given a dinner party?

  Lucy Burns : No.

  Alice Paul : Then what are you worried about?

• Lucy Burns : We're political prisoners. We wear our own clothes.

  Matron Herndon : You'll wear what they all wear.

  Lucy Burns : I want to see the warden.

  Matron Herndon : You want to see him naked?

• Lucy Burns : [talking about Carrie]  I don't think she is a woman. Seriously, has anyone seen her naked?

• Lucy Burns : Don't argue with me! You're mama duck, we follow you. If you go down, they'll scatter. Use your head.

• Lucy Burns : I can see it now. I'm gonna end up back in Brooklyn with a hairless cat. Called Lester.