It's not a waste of time, it's standard procedure.
3 seconds sound clip from the The Greatest (1977) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:58:57.234 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Will you please step forward and be inducted into the armed forces of the United States?
- Well, sir, I hope that I do that because it would just be wasting everybody's time.
- It's not a waste of time, it's standard procedure.
- But there are a few things that I would like to tell you before you get that second chance.
- The first is that your legal defense is ridiculous.
- I'm a lawyer in civilian life and your claim to be an Islamic minister is just silly.
- So is your case on the grounds of your own religious convictions.
- Lots of your fellow Muslims are in the army now.
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