You know how politicians are...
4 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:04:49 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Then we found jobs for six other people and they've all gone off relief.
- And my boss, Mr. Schwabacher, made a job in his warehouse for old man Delaney.
- And he gave you a 5 dollar raise. Yeah. Isn't that swell?
- Why, I feel slighted. Nobody asked me to join.
- Sorry, Mayor, we voted no politician could join. Just John Does of the neighborhood.
- You know how politicians are...
- The reason we wanted to tell you this, Mr. Doe, was to give you an idea of what you started.
- From where I'm sitting, I don't see any sense in you jumping off any building. No!
- Well, thank you for listening.
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