I’m right here to tell you, mister. There ain’t nobody gonna push me off my land. My grandpa took up this land seventy years ago. My pa was born here. We was all born on it. And some of us was killed on it. And some of us died on it. That’s what makes it ourn. Bein’ born on it. And workin’ on it. And dyin’ on it. And not no piece of paper with writin’ on it.
ATTRIBUTION:
Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977), U.S. screenwriter, and John Ford. Muley (John Qualen), The Grapes of Wrath (1940).
Telling the representative from the bank that he will not leave his home and property. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck.
