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Following the revolution, American vessels in the Mediterranean were plundered and their crews thrown into slavery so frequently...

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

You can hear this line at 00:01:52 in the radio play.

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- So I hope you're making Lux toilet soap your regular complexion care.

- If you haven't a generous supply on hand, put it on your shopping list now.

- And now, the producer of the Lux Radio Theater. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille.

- Greetings from Hollywood ladies and gentlemen.

- Racketeering is a comparatively new word in the American language, but an old bug bear in American history.

- Following the revolution, American vessels in the Mediterranean were plundered and their crews thrown into slavery so frequently...

- The United States, to continue commerce in those waters, signed a treaty with the pirates ruler, the sultan of Algiers.

- Uncle Sam paid eight hundred thousand dollars for the ransom of imprisoned sailors.

- And for years paid an additional twenty three thousand dollars annually as a guarantee for future safety.

- Until our Navy, under Stephen Decatur, forever ended this racket of the Barbary pirates.

- Today's racketeers, dealing in millions of dollars, would scorn the modest sums involved in historical racketeering.

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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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