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A judge of great prominence in the state, and Jack’s mentor from a young age in Burden’s Landing, Irwin is representative of Louisiana’s old political order, and he distrusts Willie. Willie orders Jack to dig up “dirt” on Irwin, which Jack does, then presenting this information to Irwin. Irwin later kills himself, and it is revealed that Irwin was having an affair with Jack’s mother, and is Jack’s biological father.
Judge Irwin Quotes in All The King's Men
The All The King's Men quotes below are all either spoken by Judge Irwin or refer to Judge Irwin. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1
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Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something.
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Chapter 3
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If the government of this state for quite a long time back had been doing anything for the folks in it, would Stark have been able to get out there with his bare hands and bust the boys? And would he be having to make so many short cuts to get something done to make up for the time lost all these years . . . ?
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Chapter 5
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Then it was another day, and I set out to dig up the dead cat, to excavate the maggot from the cheese, to locate the canker in the rose, to find the deceased fly among the raisins in the rice pudding.
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Chapter 9
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God damn it, so the bastard crawled out on me.
I didn’t say anything.
I didn’t tell you to scare him to death, I just told you to scare him.
He wasn’t scared.
What the hell did he do it for then?
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Judge Irwin Quotes in All The King's Men
The All The King's Men quotes below are all either spoken by Judge Irwin or refer to Judge Irwin. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1
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Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something.
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Chapter 3
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If the government of this state for quite a long time back had been doing anything for the folks in it, would Stark have been able to get out there with his bare hands and bust the boys? And would he be having to make so many short cuts to get something done to make up for the time lost all these years . . . ?
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Chapter 5
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Then it was another day, and I set out to dig up the dead cat, to excavate the maggot from the cheese, to locate the canker in the rose, to find the deceased fly among the raisins in the rice pudding.
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Chapter 9
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God damn it, so the bastard crawled out on me.
I didn’t say anything.
I didn’t tell you to scare him to death, I just told you to scare him.
He wasn’t scared.
What the hell did he do it for then?
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