Perhaps if I'd been able to see them through a little longer, but...
3 seconds sound clip from the Knock on Any Door movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:21:19.742 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Mrs. Romano, I have some bad news for you.
- We just got a wire from the penitentiary. Your father died of a heart attack this morning.
- That was how I first met Nick Romano. That was the push I gave him.
- Sure, I tried to help the family. I sent them some money.
- Perhaps if I'd been able to see them through a little longer, but...
- Then I was called to Washington. Two weeks later, I was in the army. I was overseas for three years.
- War and men being what they are, I forgot the Romanos.
- And the help they got from organized charity wasn't enough.
[...]