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I protest against the state of civilization.

4 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:45:12 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

(applause in the hall)

- Phone the Chronicle. Tell 'em to get the Extras out.

- Good evening, Kenneth Fry speaking for the New Bulletin.

- Tonight we give you something entirely new and different.

- Beside me is the young man who has declared publicly that on Christmas Eve he intents to commit suicide, giving as his reason, quote:

- I protest against the state of civilization.

- End quote.

- Ladies and gentlemen, the New Bulletin takes pleasure in presenting the man who is fast becoming the most talked about person in the whole country, John Doe.

- Ladies and gentlemen...

- I am the man you all know as John Doe.

- I took that name because it seems to describe... because it seems to describe the average man, and that's me. And that's me.

[...]

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Meet John Doe (1941) Sound Clip

Meet John Doe (1941)

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Actors: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold, James Gleason

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