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Mr Birling "The
Germans
don't want
war
."
Mr Birling "The
famous
younger generation
who knows it all. And they
can't
even
take
a
joke.
"
Mr Birling "Look,
Inspector
- I'd give
thousands
- yes
thousands.
"
Mr Birling "(
excitedly
)
By Jingo
. A fake"
Mr Birling "(
angrily
to
Eric
) You're the one I
blame
for this"
Mr Birling "This is one of the
happiest
nights
of my life"
Mr Birling "I
can't
accept any
responsibility
"
Mr Birling "Probably a
socialist
or some sort of
crank
"
Mr Birling "for
lower
costs and
higher
prices"
Mr Birling "They were averaging about
22
and
6...
they wanted the
rates
raised
so they could average about
25 shillings
a week."
Mr Birling "It's my
duty
to keep
labour
costs
down"
Mr Birling "
Unsinkable
, absolutely
unsinkable
"
Mr Birling "A
hard-headed
practical
man of business"
Mr Birling "Just a
knighthood
of course"
Mr Birling "Who here will
suffer
from that
more
than
I
will."
Mr Birling "Nothing to do with you
Sheila
,
run
along.
"
Mr Birling "We
play
golf
together sometimes up at
West Brumley
."
Mr Birling "We can't let these
Bernard Shaws
and
H.G
wellses
do all the talking."
Mr Birling "There must have been
something
wrong
"
Mr Birling "There'll be
peace
and
prosperity
and
rapid
progress
everywhere - except of course
Russia
, which will always be
behind
hand
naturally.
"
Mr Birling "(
angrily
) I really must
protest
-"
Mr Birling "Then she got
herself
into
trouble
there I
suppose
?"
Mr Birling "Makes all the
difference
"
Mr Birling "Look - there's nothing
mysterious
- or
scandalous
- about this
business
"
Mr Birling "
heavy
looking, rather
portentous
man."
Mr Birling "A
man
has to mind his own
business
and look after
himself.
"