There are so many complaining, political speeches. People are tired of hearing nothing but doom and despair on the radio.

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

You can hear this line at 00:33:49 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- The speech you're writing?

- Yeah. I don't know. I simply can't get it to gel.

- I created somebody who's giving up his life for a principle.

- Thousands of people are going to listen to him over the radio, and unless he says something sensational, it's just no good.

- I don't know what kind of speech you're going to write, but from the samples I've read, I don't think anybody will listen.

- What? (2)

- There are so many complaining, political speeches. People are tired of hearing nothing but doom and despair on the radio.

- If you're going to have him say anything, why not something simple and real, something with hope in it?

- Your father were alive, he'd know what to say. Yeah. Father certainly would.

- Wait a minute.

- That's your father's diary. Father's...? I never knew he had a diary.

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