Mad Men (TV Series)

Love Among the Ruins (2009)

Jon Hamm: Don Draper

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• Don Draper : In the interest of time, you want to demolish Penn Station and New York hates it.

  Edgar Raffit : Not all of New York - A vocal minority.

  Don Draper : Can they stop it?

  Edgar Raffit : Well, I think all the hubbub is making it unpleasant for...

  Don Draper : [interrupts]  But they can't stop it, can they?

  Edgar Raffit : Why do you people insist on making us sound like villains?

  Don Draper : Your concern over public opinion shows a guilty conscience. What good is that serving you if what is to be done is already under way?

  Edgar Raffit : So let's say I don't have a guilty conscience.

  Don Draper : Good. And let's also say that change is neither good nor bad, it simply is. It can be greeted with terror or joy, a tantrum that says "I want it the way it was," or a dance that says, Look, something new!"

  Edgar Raffit : Would you draw the line at 50 percent?

  Don Draper : I'm not drawing a line at all. P.R. people understand this, but they can never execute it. If you don't like what is being said, then change the conversation.

  Edgar Raffit : What is that conversation?

  Don Draper : I was in California. Everything is new, and it's clean. The people are filled with hope. New York City is in decay. But Madison Square Garden is the beginning of a new city on a hill.