I value trust over skill

Gisteren de film The Ides of March, met Philip Seymour Hoffman, gezien. Een citaat:

           No Stephen. You didn't make a

           mistake. You made a choice. You

           called me and left a message to

           call back...that it was important.

           But when I did...you said to forget

           about it. You chose not to tell

           me. Why did you make that choice?

                          STEPHEN

           I didn't think it was important.

                          PAUL

           Sure you did. But you went because

           you were curious, because you were

           flattered. Because it made you feel

           special to think Duffy wanted to

           speak to you instead of me. Because

           you thought to yourself: maybe I

           can get something out of this.

           Because it made you feel big.

           First campaign I ran tiny little

           race in Kentucky -state senate

           seat. Workin for redneck nobody

           named McGuthrie. Had no money, no

           staff, no fuckin office. Everyone

           thought we didn't stand a chance.

           There's no way we can compete. And

           about this time, a guy running a

           congressional campaign a few

           districts over gives me a call.

           Says, "I really like what you were

           able to do for poor ole' Sam. But

           let's face it, he's a goner, so why

           don't you come work for me?" What

           do I do? Well Stephen -this is

           where you and I are different. I

           told Sam about the call. And Sam

           says to me, "Paul, you think this

           other's guy's got a shot at

           winning, and he can pay you more

           than anything I can afford, so if

           it's what you feel you need to do,

           then I won't get in your way." So I

           say, "Sam -you took a chance and

           hired me when I was even more of

           nobody than you are, and I'd be

           damned if I'm gonna jump ship just

           because the shit hit the fan."

           We lost the race, but three years

           later, when Sam decided to run for

           Governor -who do you think he

           called? We won that race.

           And twenty years later I'm where I

           am now. (Beat) There's only one

           thing I value in this world Steve,

           and that's loyalty. Without it

           you're nothing and you have no one.

           And in politics it's the only

           currency that you can count on.

           That's why I'm letting you go. Not

           because you're not good enough. But

           I value trust over skill. And I

           don't trust you anymore.