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Charlie Anderson:
Jacob, you look like you got somthin' on your mind. Go ahead, say what you think.
Jacob Anderson: We've been through it all before. Charlie Anderson: Now now, don't pat around with me. You were raised to say what you think. You were all raised to say what you think. If there's anything I can't stand, it's a lot of noisy silence. Now, come on, let's have some talkin' here. [Jacob stands up] Charlie Anderson: Well, if you're going to make a speech, I'm sorry I said it.
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James Stewart
in
Shenandoah
(1965)
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Charlie Anderson:
John...
John Anderson: Sir? Charlie Anderson: What are you going to do? You gonna keep your slaves or let them go free? John Anderson: You know I don't have any slaves, Pa. Charlie Anderson: That's right, John, you don't have a slave to your name, do you.
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James Stewart
in
Shenandoah
(1965)
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Charlie Anderson:
Suppose you had a friend that owned slaves and suppose somebody was going to come and take them away from him. Would you help him - fight to help him keep them?
Nathan Anderson: No sir! Charlie Anderson: Your name's Nathan, isn't it? Nathan Anderson: You know my name, Pa. Charlie Anderson: I seem to remember something about...
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James Stewart
in
Shenandoah
(1965)
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Charlie Anderson:
That fella, Tinkham - he's the only man I know that started at the bottom and went down in the world. He'd steal horses for nothing and now he gets paid for it.
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James Stewart
in
Shenandoah
(1965)
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Charlie Anderson:
These are my sons. They don't belong to the state. When they were babies, I never saw the state coming around with a spare teat. We never asked anything of the state and never expected anything.
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James Stewart
in
Shenandoah
(1965)
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Charlie Anderson:
What about you, James? You ever think you might like to own a slave?
James Anderson: Well, I guess I never thought about it, Pa. Charlie Anderson: Well, think about it! Think about it! If you had money would you go out and buy a slave? James Anderson: No sir, I wouldn't. Charlie Anderson: Why not? James Anderson: Well, if I can't do my own work with my own hands it'd never get done.
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Patrick Wayne
in
Shenandoah
(1965)
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Charlie Anderson:
What do you do with dead soldiers?
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James Stewart
in
Shenandoah
(1965)
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Charlie Anderson:
Why we have this same conversation every Saturday before Sunday meeting, I'll never know, but I'm going to pray to the Almighty that this will be the end of it.
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James Stewart
in
Shenandoah
(1965)
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Boy Anderson:
What'd I do?
Charlie Anderson: It's what you haven't done, boy. A man who eats with his hat on is going nowhere in a hurry. Now, your mother wanted you all raised as good Christians, and I may not be able to do that thorny job as well as she could, but I can do something about your manners.
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James Stewart
in
Shenandoah
(1965)
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Lt. Johnson:
Mr. Anderson, if you can sit in the middle of this war and not get touched, I congratulate you.
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Doug McClure
in
Shenandoah
(1965)
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