It's a commentary on what we laughingly call a 'civilized world'.
5 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:04:28 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
(typing fast on the typewriter sound effect)
- Here.
- Below is a letter which reached my desk this morning.
- It's a commentary on what we laughingly call a 'civilized world'.
- Dear Miss Mitchell, 4 years ago I was fired out of my job.
- Since then I haven't been able to get another one.
- But in looking around, it seems the whole world's going to pot.
- In protest, I'm committing suicide by jumping of the City Hall roof.
[...]
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Actors: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold, James Gleason
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