It's academic, though. He's not gonna win the primary. I am.

5 seconds sound clip from the Taxi Driver (1976) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:50:04 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Yeah, you know. You're all right. You're all right.

- What do you think of your opponent Goodwin's chances in the upcoming primary?

- Well, Mr. Goodman is a fine man.

- I would certainly, if it came to it, prefer him to our opponent in the other party.

- I think that my programs are better defined than his. They're more imaginative than his. And moreover, I have a better chance of winning.

- It's academic, though. He's not gonna win the primary. I am.

- I see. Well, one more thing I'd like to ask you. How is your campaign going? How do you feel it's going?

- When we came up with our slogan We are the people, when I said Let the people rule, I felt I was being somewhat overly optimistic.

- I must tell you that I am more optimistic now than ever before.

- The people are rising to the demands that I have made on them. The people are beginning to rule.

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