Quotes

Others

I said, I think, that a guy who's always interested in the condition of the world and changing it either has no problems of his own or refuses to face them.

Others

Kerensky was anxious to conduct it [World War I], produce some battalions of women who were going to go and fight.

Others

We all have problems, don't you know? But to take on the problem of all humanity, to save all humanity, my God, that was too big even for Jesus Christ.

Others

They are supporting you [John Reed] for your call for a holy war of Islamic people against the western infidels.

Others

[voice-over] Of course, nobody goes with the idea of dying, everybody wants to live. I don't remember his exact words, but the meaning was that grand things are ahead, worth living and worth dying for. He himself said that.

Dialogue

Witness 1: [voice-over] Was that in 1913 or 17? I can't remember now. Uh, I'm, uh, beginning to forget all the people that I used to know, see? Witness 2: [voice-over] Do I remember Louise Bryant? Why, of course, I couldn't forget her if I tried.

Dialogue

Lee Slater Overman: Are there no decent, God-fearing Christians among the Bolsheviks? Louise Bryant: Does one have to be God-fearing and Christian to be decent?

Dialogue

Louise Bryant: Would you rather I not smoke during rehearsal? Eugene O'Neill: I'd rather you went up in flames than crush out your cigarette during a monologue about birth.

Dialogue

Jack Reed: Louise, I love you. Louise Bryant: No, you love yourself! Me, you FUCK!

Dialogue

Max Eastman: I'll walk you home. Emma Goldman: Why? I won't hurt anyone.

Dialogue

John Reed: You don't get to rewrite what I write! You don't get to rewrite what I write! Pete Van Wherry: Stubborn son-of-a-bitch. How are you gonna pay your rent?