The sound of lamentation is heard.

CZOLGOSZ
I did it because it is wrong for one man to have so 
much service when other men have none...

BOOTH
I did it do bring down the government of Abraham 
Lincoln and avenge the ravaged South...

HINCKLEY
I did it to prove to her my everlasting love...

FROMME
I did it to make them listen to Charlie...

ZANGARA
I did it 'cause my belly was on fire...

GUITEAU
I did it to preserve the Union and promote the sale of 
my book...

MOORE
I did it so my friends would know where I was coming 
from...

BYCK
Where's my prize?

CZOLGOSZ
I did it because no one cared about the poor man's 
pain...

MOORE
I did it so I'd know where I was coming from...

BYCK
I want my prize...

ZANGARA
I did it 'cause the bosses made my belly burn...

HINCKLEY
I did it so she'd pay attention...

MOORE
So I'd have someplace to come from, and someplace to 
go...

BYCK
Don't I get a prize?...

GUITEAU
I did it 'cause they said I'd be ambassador to 
France...

BOOTH
I did it so they'd suffer in the North the way we'd 
suffered in the South...

BYCK
I deserve a fucking prize!...

FROMME
I did it so there'd be a trial, and Charlie would get 
to be a witness, and he'd be on TV, and he'd save the 
world!...

GUITEAU
Where's my prize?

BYCK
I did it to make people listen.

CZOLGOSZ, FROMME
They promised me a prize...

HINCKLEY
Because she wouldn't take my phone calls --

ALL
(except Zangara)
What about my prize?...

ZANGARA
Because nothing stopped the fire--!

ALL
(except Byck)
I want my prize!...

BYCK
Nobody would listen!

BALLADEER
(entering, to Assassins)
And it didn't mean a nickel,
You just shed a little blood,
And a lot of people shed a lot of tears.
Yes, you made a little moment
And you stirred a little mud --

But it didn't fix the stomach
And you've drunk your final Bud,
And it didn't help the workers
And it didn't heal the country
And it didn't make them listen
And they never said, "We're sorry"--

BYCK
Yeah, it's never gonna happen,
Is it?
No, sir --

CZOLGOSZ
Never.

BYCK
No, we're never gonna get the prize --

FROMME
No one listens...

BYCK
-- Are we?

ZANGARA
Never.

BYCK
No, it doesn't make a bit of difference,
Does it?

OTHERS
(variously)
Didn't.
Ever.

BYCK
Fuck it!

OTHERS
Spread the word...

ALL
Where's my prize?...

BALLADEER
I just heard
On the news
Where the mailman won the lottery.
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