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Take Captain Li, for example.

4 seconds sound clip from the The Bitter Tea of General Yen movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:58:49 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Can't you silence her in some other way?

- Yes. In the old days, in the days of the Manchus, I could have had her tongue cut out.

- But now that you missionaries have taught her to read and write, she's a constant menace as long as she's alive.

- I feel sorry for you, General Yen.

- A powerful man like you afraid of a poor little slave.

- The only way to get loyalty is to compel it.

- Take Captain Li, for example.

- He's the only son of a very powerful family which claims to support my rule.

- All right. I believe them. But as evidence of their good faith, I made them place him in my hands as a hostage.

- Now, if they would betray me, the life of Captain Li enables me to save my own face.

- That's the way we get loyalty in China.

- That's why China is 2000 years behind the times.

[...]

The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) Sound Clip

The Bitter Tea of General Yen Poster

Quotes from "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" (1933 film, directed by Frank Capra), featuring short sound clips with voice.

Actors: Barbara Stanwyck (Megan Davis), Nils Asther (General Yen), Walter Connolly (Jones)

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