With $20 million in the treasury, we can announce an immediate reduction in the taxes. That's all that the people are asking for.

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5 seconds sound clip from the Duck Soup (1933) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:01:56.506 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Mrs. Teasdale.

- Yes, Your Excellency?

- I again ask you to reconsider.

- Gentlemen, I've already loaned Freedonia more than half the fortune my husband left me.

- I consider that money lost.

- And now, you're asking for another $20 million.

- But it would only be for a few months to meet this present emergency.

- With $20 million in the treasury, we can announce an immediate reduction in the taxes. That's all that the people are asking for.

- I'm sorry, but I'm inclined to agree with the people. The government has been mismanaged.

- I will lend the money but only on condition that His Excellency withdraw, and place the government in new hands.

- You ask me to give up my office?

- Yes, Your Excellency.

- In a crisis like this, I feel Freedonia needs a new leader, a progressive, fearless fighter! A man like Rufus T. Firefly!

- I will lend the money to Freedonia only if Firefly is appointed leader.

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Actors: Groucho Marx (Rufus T. Firefly), Chico Marx (Chicolini), Zeppo Marx (Lt. Bob Roland), Margaret Dumont (Mrs. Gloria Teasdale)

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