It isn't dead or they wouldn't be here. It's alive in them. They kept it alive by being afraid of it. That's why they came up here.
10 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:59:10 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- You killed the John Doe movement all right, but you'll gonna see it born all over again.
- Take a good look, Mr. Norton.
- John! John! John! Don't do it! I love you, darling.
- Please. Please don't give up. We'll start all over again. Just you and I. It isn't too late.
- The John Doe movement isn't dead yet.
- Sure it should have been killed. It was dishonest.
- But we can start clean now. Just you and I.
- It'll grow, John, because it'll be honest this time.
- John, if it's worth dying for, it's worth living for.
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