Your Honor, I'm sure we're all gratified to know the post office department is doing so nicely, but it hardly has any bearing on this case.

9 seconds sound clip from the Miracle on 34th Street (1947) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:27:12 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Yes, I have, Your Honor. I'd like to submit the following facts in evidence.

- It concerns the post office department, an official agency of the United States government.

- The post office department was created by the Second Continental Congress on July 26, 1776.

- The first postmaster general was Benjamin Franklin.

- The post office department is one of the largest business concerns in the world. Last year, under Robert Hannegan, it did a gross business of $1,112,877,174.

- Your Honor, I'm sure we're all gratified to know the post office department is doing so nicely, but it hardly has any bearing on this case.

- It has a great deal, Your Honor, if I may be allowed to proceed.

- By all means, Mr. Gailey.

- Your Honor, the figures I have just quoted indicate an efficiently run organization.

- Furthermore, the United States postal laws and regulations make it a criminal offense to willfully misdirect mail or intentionally deliver it to the wrong party.

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