MR BIRLING

• "Unsinkable... absoloutley unsinkable"
• "giving us the port, Edna?"
• "I speak as a hard, headed practical man of business"
• "a man has to make his own way... has to look after himself"
• "one of the happiest nights of my life"
• "It's my duty to keep labour costs down"
• "i cant accept any responsibility"
• "there isnt a chance of war... Germans didnt want war"
• "Probably a socialist or some sort of crank"
• "[heavy looking- rather portenous man"
• "im a public man"
• "for lower costs and higher prices"