Louis Howe Quotes in Sunrise at Campobello (1960)

Eleanor Roosevelt: I have this naive view that you should pursue principles without calculating the consequences.

Louis Howe: You're no politician.

Louis Howe: You don't have to remember a thing. You just read it!

Eleanor Roosevelt: I don't like *reading* a speech.

Louis Howe: Did you think the Gettysburg Address was ad-libbed?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Louis, why in hell must you keep pacing up and down?

Louis Howe: I'm nervous!

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Good morning to you, Mr. Howe. You're looking your usual dyspeptic self.

Louis Howe: None of your amiable chatter, please.

Louis Howe: I tried on a nurse's uniform. And while the skirt was rather flattering, I don't look well in white.

Mr. Lassiter: You must be aware of the fears that many Americans have when they contemplate the election of a Catholic to the presidency of the United States. The domination of the church over its members is well known, and Governor Smith is a devout Catholic.

Louis Howe: Would it be more acceptable if he were a renegade Catholic?