“The Bostonians” quotes

“- Olive Chancellor: Don't you believe in the coming of a better day that it's possible to do something for the human race?
- Basil Ransome: Hmm, well... what strikes me most, Ms. Olive, it's that human race's got to bear its troubles.”
Vanessa Redgrave - Olive Chancellor
Christopher Reeve - Basil Ransome

“- Basil Ransome: The position of women is nothing but to make fools of men.
- Olive Chancellor: Don't you believe in our emancipation?
- Basil Ransome: I'll tell you after the meeting.”
Christopher Reeve - Basil Ransome
Vanessa Redgrave - Olive Chancellor

“- Miss Birdseye: Your cousin looks like a genius, my dear.
- Olive Chancellor: It's only a distant cousin. He's a lawyer from Mississippi, he left his mother and his sisters behind and he's come to try to make his living in New York. He's not in sympathy, I'm afraid.”

Jessica Tandy - Miss Birdseye
Vanessa Redgrave - Olive Chancellor