The Twentieth Century (2019)

Dan Beirne: Mackenzie King

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• Dr. Milton Wakefield : [pulls boot from King's grasp]  Mr. King, you intend to fornicate with this garment?

  Mackenzie King : No, I don't.

  Dr. Milton Wakefield : Look me in the eye.

  Mackenzie King : There's been a shortage of ladies' footwear at the Daughters of the Empire's temperance league, and I was asked...

  Dr. Milton Wakefield : [slaps King with boot]  You're a disgusting backslider.

• Mackenzie King : I sacrificed my most cherished beliefs, I don't deserve another chance. I should be punished.

  Nurse Lapointe : Monsieur King, this isn't about you, it's about humanity. You don't realize it yet but you are a puppet in a terrible game to destroy the future. I know there is goodness inside you, so take all the goodness, by both hands, and follow me.

• [repeated line] 

  Mackenzie King : Mother, give me strength. Make me equal to this moment.

• Mackenzie King : I am worth more than the sum of my mistakes.

• Mackenzie King : Go ahead and waste yourselves. Not a single drop of intoxicating liquors has ever passed my lips.

  Arthur Meighen : What about "upstanding manhood"? Has that ever passed through your lips?

• Mackenzie King : Miss Elliot, what if I told you by new winter's day, I will be Prime Minister of Canada?

  Ruby Eliott : I should think it to be most arrogant.

  Mackenzie King : Well, there could be no question of my victory. My mother has been grooming me for leadership since birth.

  Ruby Eliott : Well then, I suppose I need not wish you any luck.

• Lord Muto : Please, Mister King. Give the people hope, and there will be endless disappointment. But fill them with nightmares, and they will follow you straight into hell.

  Mackenzie King : Well, I happen to believe that politics is about building a better world.

  Lord Muto : A better world?

  [laughs incredulously] 

  Lord Muto : There is no better world, Mr. King.

• Winnipeg Street Urchin : Hey mister, welcome to Winnipeg. You want some heroin? Bare naked ladies? Reasonably priced furniture?

  Mackenzie King : I want nothing from you!

  Winnipeg Street Urchin : Well, fuck you then!

  Smoking Street Child : Yeah, fuck you.

  Winnipeg Street Urchin : And your nice fucking shoes.

  Smoking Street Child : Fucking asshole.

  Winnipeg Street Urchin : [to child]  Fuck you, too!

• Lady Violet : Canada is just one failed orgasm after another. Look at all these normals, they're so clueless.

  Mackenzie King : Well, I happen to think it is sacred, Lady Violet. I was born to serve this nation.

  Lady Violet : I thought you were born for boot sucking. Would you like to try on Ruby's underwear? I could get that for you.

  Mackenzie King : Please, your excellency, I am begging you.

  Lady Violet : I like it when you beg.