Citizen Kane

It isn't enough to tell us what a man did. You've got to tell us who he was.

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Mr. Charles Foster Kane, in every essence of his social beliefs, and by the dangerous manner in which he has persistently attacked the American traditions of private property, initiative, and opportunity for advancement, is in fact, nothing more or less than a Communist!

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The words of Charles Foster Kane are a menace to every working man in this land. He is today what he has always been, and always will be: a Fascist!

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[referring to Xanadu] Oh, a person could go crazy in this dump with nobody to talk to, nobody to have any fun with. Forty-nine thousand acres of nothing but scenery and statues. I'm lonesome.

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[last lines] Throw that junk in!

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Mr. Rawlston: Maybe he told us all about himself on his deathbed. Jerry Thompson: Yeah, and maybe he didn't. Maybe it was just a— Rawlston: All we saw on that screen was a big American. Thompson: One of the biggest! Rawlston: But how is he any different from Ford? Or Hearst for that matter? Or John Doe? Thompson: Yeah, sure! Rawlston: I tell you, Thompson, a man's dying words— Newsman: What were they? Thompson: Oh, you don't read the papers? [laughter] Rawlston: When Charles Foster Kane died, he said just one word. Thompson: Rosebud. Newsman: Tough guy, huh? Dies calling for Rosebud. Rawlston: Just that one word! But who is she? Newsman: What was it? Rawlston: Here's a man that could have been president, who was as loved and hated and as talked about as any man in our time, but when he comes to die he's got something on his mind called Rosebud. Now what does that mean? Newsman: It's a race horse he bet on once. Newsman: Yeah, that didn't come in. Rawlston: All right. But what was the r

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