How we cite our quotes: (Act.Line)
Quote #4
LOMAX [leniently]: Well, the more destructive war becomes, the sooner it will be abolished, eh?
UNDERSHAFT: Not at all. The more destructive war becomes the more fascinating we find it. No, Mr Lomax, I am obliged to you for making the usual excuse for my trade; but I am not ashamed of it. I am not one of those men who keep their morals and their business in watertight compartments. All the spare money my trade rivals spend on hospitals, cathedrals and other receptacles for conscience money, I devote to experiments and researches in improved methods of destroying life and property. I have always done so; and I always shall. Therefore your Christmas card moralities of peace on earth and goodwill among men are of no use to me. Your Christianity, which enjoins you to resist not evil, and to turn the other cheek, would make me a bankrupt. My morality—my religion—must have a place for cannons and torpedoes in it. (1.212-213)
Just as he refuses to be ashamed of his profession, Andrew Undershaft is not going to be bashful about being rich—and loving it. In his eyes, being rich is a good thing in and of itself, and poverty is an evil that is to be avoided if one can.
Quote #5
UNDERSHAFT: The two things are—
CUSINS: Baptism and—
UNDERSHAFT: No. Money and gunpowder. (2.227-229)
When explaining the two things necessary to salvation, Undershaft identifies the importance of money. In Andrew's view, along with weapons, money allows for all the good things in life (including virtues) that Dolly and the others care about.
Quote #6
What am I to do? I can't starve. Them Salvation lasses is dear good girls; but the better you are, the worse they likes to think you were before they rescued you. Why shouldn't they av a bit o credit, poor loves? They're worn to rags by their work. And where would they get the money to rescue us if we was to let on we're no worse than other people? You know what ladies and gentlemen are. (2.17)
This is Rummy talking to Snobby Price. Basically, in her view, she is not only getting what she needs by lying to the Army about how bad she/her circumstances are, but she's helping them get donations by giving them a better story about how their converts were transformed. The worse the converts start out, the more the Salvation Army can claim that they've helped people. Sounds, er, totally legit . . . right?