Bonanza (TV Series)

A House Divided (1960)

Lorne Greene: Ben Cartwright

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• Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright : Pa, that newspaper you was reading the other day in the saloon about what Mr. Lincoln said about a house divided can't stand. I reckon he was talkin' about folks like us.

  Ben Cartwright : No, not us, Hoss. Not us!

• Ben Cartwright : [to Adam and Little Joe]  Brother against brother? How dare you, either of you!

• Ben Cartwright : What about all this trouble that seems to be brewing between the states?

  Frederick Kyle : Not trouble. Mr. Cartwright. It's a prelude to war. Civil War.

  Adam Cartwright : Now do you really think it will come to that, Mr. Kyle?

  Frederick Kyle : There's already talk that some of the states are seceding from the union.

  Ben Cartwright : I hope we'll be spared all that grief out here.

  Adam Cartwright : Where did you say you were from, Mr. Kyle?

  Frederick Kyle : I don't believe I did say, but I'm from Kansas. And it's right in the middle... of everything.

• Ben Cartwright : 'The agitation has not only not ceased, but augmented. In my opinion,' he says, 'it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed.' Then he says, 'A house... divided against itself cannot stand.'