Within Our Gates (1920)

Ralph Johnson: Philip Gridlestone

Quotes 

• Philip Gridlestone : You're gettin' mighty smart, eh? But I'm on to you. And remember that the white man makes the law in this country!

• Philip Gridlestone : Poor white trash - and no better than a Negro.

• Philip Gridlestone : I have always treated the coloreds well - but I remember that my father, who owned a thousand slaves, had callouses on his hands from...

  [makes a fist and hits Jasper in the face] 

  Philip Gridlestone : ... and he showed me that was the only way to keep 'em in line.