You can always do so much more with mercy than you can with murder.

— Megan Davis (Barbara Stanwyck)

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6 seconds sound clip from the The Bitter Tea of General Yen movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:59:37 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- That's why China is 2000 years behind the times.

- Why are you so interested in Mah-Li?

- I'm just as much interested in you.

- I am deeply flattered.

- But not deeply moved.

- Can't you forgive her? She is only a child.

- You can always do so much more with mercy than you can with murder.

- Why don't you give her another chance? I know you feel that she has deceived you and sold information to your enemies, perhaps even been unfaithful to you.

- That's dreadful. If it's true, you have a certain justification in wanting to crush her.

- But I want you to think of all those things and then forgive her.

- I don't know how you feel about Mah-Li, whether you love her, well, as a lover. But that's of no importance.

[...]

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