“The Devil and Daniel Webster” quotes

“Mister Scratch once told you that your soul meant nothing. And you believed him. And you lost your freedom. Freedom isn't just a big word.”

Edward Arnold - Daniel Webster

“In the midst of life, one really hates to close these long standing accounts. But, business is business.”

Walter Huston - Mr. Scratch

“A man can always change things. That's what makes him different from the barnyard critters.”

Jane Darwell - Ma Stone

“- Ma Stone: A man like Daniel Webster: guess they pay him high for what he does, but he's worth it. And he helps others... makes all the difference.
- Jabez Stone: But suppose a man got his money in bad ways?
- Ma Stone: Wouldn't profit him none.”

Jane Darwell - Ma Stone
James Craig - Jabez Stone

“This appears - mind you, I say appears - to be properly drawn. But you shan't have this man. A man isn't a piece of property. Mr. Stone is an American citizen... and an American citizen cannot be forced into the service of a foreign prince.”

Edward Arnold - Daniel Webster

“Gentlemen of the jury, it is the eternal right of every man to raise his fist against his fate. But when he does, these are crossroads. You took the wrong turn. So did Jabez Stone. But he found it out in time. He's here tonight to save his soul.”

Edward Arnold - Daniel Webster

“When a man gets his money in bad ways... when he sees the better course and takes the worse... then the devil's in his heart.”

Jane Darwell - Ma Stone

“I'd fight ten thousand devils to save a New Hampshire man.”
Edward Arnold - Daniel Webster

“- Jabez Stone: Money's a funny thing ain't it, Ma?
- Ma Stone: I figure it depends a mite on how you get it and how you spend it.”
James Craig - Jabez Stone
Jane Darwell - Ma Stone

“There is sadness in being a man... but it is a proud thing, too. And out of the suffering and the starvation and the wrong and the right, a new thing has come: a free man.”

Edward Arnold - Daniel Webster

“There will be no cross-examination in this court. You may speak, if you like. But let me warn you, Mr. Webster - if you fail to convince us, then you, too, are doomed.”

H.B. Warner - Justice John Hathorne

“Gentlemen of the jury, don't let this country go to the devil. Free Jabez Stone. God bless the United States and the men who made her free.”

Edward Arnold - Daniel Webster

“- Jabez Stone: You promised me happiness, love, and friendship!
- Mr. Scratch: I promised you money and all that money could buy. I don't recall any other obligations.”
James Craig - Jabez Stone
Walter Huston - Mr. Scratch

“- Jabez Stone: What does it mean here, about my soul?
- Mr. Scratch: Why should that worry you? A soul is nothing. Can you see it, smell it, touch it? No. This soul, your soul, is nothing against seven years of good luck. You'll have money and all that money can buy.”

James Craig - Jabez Stone
Walter Huston - Mr. Scratch

“You are called upon tonight to judge a man named Jabez Stone. What is his case? He's accused of breach of contract. He made a deal to find a shortcut in his life, to get rich quickly, the same kind of a deal all of you once made.”

Edward Arnold - Daniel Webster