He can't help thinking he's a public benefactor.

5 seconds sound clip from the The Skin Game (1931) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:53:17 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Seeing you yesterday at the auction did seem rotten.

- We didn't begin it.

- No, but you don't understand. If you've made yourself as father has...

- I hope I should be sorry.

- Now, that's not like you.

- He can't help thinking he's a public benefactor.

- And we can't help thinking he's a pig. Oh, sorry.

- If the survival of the fittest is right...

- He may be the fitter, but he isn't going to survive.

- It looks like it though.

- Is that all you came to say?

- No.

- Couldn't... couldn't we join together? Couldn't we stop it?

[...]

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