Aha! So you expect that?
Burgomaster.
Furthermore, we expect you to express your confidence that the Board of Directors will thoroughly and conscientiously carry out all measures for the remedying of any possible defects.
Dr. Stockmann.
Yes, but that you’ll never be able to do, so long as you go on tinkering and patching. I tell you that, Peter; and it’s my deepest, sincerest conviction——
Burgomaster.
As an official, you have no right to hold any individual conviction.
Dr. Stockmann.
[Starting.] No right to——?
Burgomaster.