You'll find us everywhere. We raise the crops, dig the mines, work the factories, keep the books, fly the planes, and drive the buses.
11 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:48:25 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- He's the man the ads are written for, the fella everybody sells things to.
- He's Joe Does, the world's greatest stooge, and the world's greatest strength.
- Yes, sir... Yes, sir, we're a great family, the John Does.
- We're the meek who are... supposed to inherit the earth.
- When a cop yells stand back there, you, he means us, the John Does.
- What kind of a speech is that? Didn't you read it?
- Yes, sir, we've been in there dodging left hooks since before History began to walk.
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