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Every time you surrender, you betray not only yourself, but your neighbors and your community.

8 seconds sound clip from the Bullets or Ballots (1939) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:40:05 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Saliva tells us to what blood group the man who smoked the cigarette belongs.

- There are 20 blood groups with which we deal and often we can eliminate 19 out of 20 suspects by a blood grouping test.

- I can see it's getting harder and harder to commit murder.

- Not to commit it, but to get away with it.

- But while we solve crimes, the public can do far more than we can do in preventing them.

- Don't be intimidated by the threats and boasts of racketeers.

- Every time you surrender, you betray not only yourself, but your neighbors and your community.

- At the first sign of a threat, get in touch with your local authorities.

- And now, ladies and gentlemen, just to prove what an ordinary piece of evidence may reveal, I gave Mr. Gompert a coat which I wore sometime yesterday.

- He examined it and is now going to tell exactly what he found out about me from that coat.

- You sure you want me to go through with it?

- Yes, of course I do.

- We really don't have to.

- Backing out, are you?

- Okay, you asked for it.

[...]

Bullets or Ballots (1939) Sound Clip

Bullets or Ballots (1939)Quotes with sound clips from Bullets or Ballots - Lux Radio Theatre play originally aired on April 17, 1939.

Actors: Edward G. Robinson (Detective Johnny Blake), Mary Astor (Lee Morgan), Humphrey Bogart (Bugs Brenner), Otto Kruger (Al Kruger)

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