Personally, I think it's just plain stupidity to drop it now.
4 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:28:34 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I'm going to insist on his being produced for questioning.
- Mr. Connell and Miss Mitchell are at the house, sir.
- Oh, they are? All right. Come on.
- Personally, I think it's just plain stupidity to drop it now.
- You should see his fan mail... thousands. It's going like a house afire.
- What are you afraid of? It's doubled our circulation.
- Yeah, but it's got everybody sore.
- Ads are being pulled. Governor's starting a libel suit.
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