Friday, January 27, 2006

Declaration of Principles

KANE
I've changed the front page a little, Mr. Bernstein. That's not enough - There's something I've got to get into this paper besides pictures and print - I've got to make the "New York Enquirer" as important to New York as the gas in that light.

LELAND
What're you going to do, Charlie?

KANE
My Declaration of Principles - Don't smile, Brad - Take dictation, Mr. Bernstein -

BERNSTEIN
I can't take shorthand, Mr. Kane -

KANE
I'll write it myself.

BERNSTEIN
You don't wanta make any promises, Mr. Kane, you don't wanta keep.

KANE
These'll be kept. I'll provide the people of this city with a daily paper that will tell all the news honestly. I will also provide them -

LELAND
That's the second sentence you've started with "I" -

KANE
People are going to know who's responsible. And they're going to get the news - the true news - quickly and simply and entertainingly. And no special interests will be allowed to interfere with the truth of that news.

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