Tallyrand.
[With a shrug.] Yes, and then it will be perhaps too late.
Jefferson.
Citizen Tallyrand, I look for the day when during the rage of eternal wars in Europe, the lion and the lamb within our regions shall lie down together in peace.
Tallyrand.
[Down beside Jefferson.] Yes, they would lie down together—until the lion feel hungry, then he would get up and eat the lamb.
Monroe.
Against this tendency toward centralization, we who love the freedom of our own state will fight to the death.
Tallyrand.
[Moving to c.] Yes, thirteen jealous states all working against each other. How are you going to pay your debts without a central government? You have no credit abroad. Your paper is not worth five cents on the dollar. Why don't you pay the men who furnished you supplies for your war? Why don't you pay the soldiers who gained you that liberty that you love so dearly?
Giles.
Damn the soldiers. This country's goin' to put a stop to Washington's coddling of the army.
Tallyrand.
[Advancing a little to Giles.] It was the soldiers who won you your precious freedom.
