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It's one of the advantages and privileges of being born English that you can express your opinion freely. And voting in a member of Parliament, or vote him out. That's what we fought Hitler for in...

12 seconds sound clip from the The Remains of the Day movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:14:28 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Thank you, thank you. It's a privilege to be here.

- Your health, sir.

- Oh, Dr. Carlisle, usually drops in around this time of the night. He'd be very pleased to meet you. He's a gentleman like yourself.

- Yes.

- I don't know what you call a gentleman. Seems to me it's a name every man in this country has a right to.

- There's Harry Smith now, sir, giving you an earful of his philosophy.

- It's one of the advantages and privileges of being born English that you can express your opinion freely. And voting in a member of Parliament, or vote him out. That's what we fought Hitler for in...

- Have you had much to do with politics yourself then, sir?

- Not directly as such. No... Particularly in these days. Perhaps more so in the early 1930s and just before the war.

- My concern was more international affairs. Or, foreign policy, so to speak.

- Not that I ever held high office, mind you. No, any influence I exerted was in an unofficial capacity.

- Excuse me, sir. Have you ever met Mr. Churchill?

- Yes. He came to the house occasionally and back again, in the early 1930s.

[...]

The Remains of the Day Sound Clip

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A selection of the most important quotes from The Remains of the Day (1993 film), featuring short sound bites.

Actors: Anthony Hopkins (Mr Stevens), Emma Thompson (Miss Kenton), Christopher Reeve (Congressman Jack Lewis), Hugh Grant (Reginald Cardinal), James Fox (Lord Darlington), Michael Lonsdale (Dupont d'Ivry)

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