It’s my own fault. I ought to have stood up against them long ago—to have shown my teeth—and used them too!—And to be called an enemy of society! Me! I won’t bear it; by Heaven, I won’t!
Mrs. Stockmann.
But my dear Thomas, after all, your brother has the power——
Dr. Stockmann.
Yes, but I have the right.
Mrs. Stockmann.
Ah yes, right, right! What good does it do to have the right, if you haven’t any might?
Petra.
Oh, mother—how can you talk so?
Dr. Stockmann.