- I know what's going on. The horse racing places, and the gambling places, and all the other places are just as open as they ever were. And I know who's keeping them open.
- Of course you do. I am.
14 seconds sound clip from the Love's Lovely Counterfeit classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:17:48 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- You know what's unfair about it!
- Mr. Jansen promised the people of Lake City that if he got elected, he'd clean up the town.
- All right, why doesn't he do it? He's had six months.
- Because he doesn't even know what's going on.
- Great! Then what's the beef?
- Listen, honey, if I wasn't bossing the organization, someone else would be.
- People like to bet, people like to gamble.
- Don't you see? I'm a city official. I have an obligation to the people of this community...
- The people who elected Jansen because they believed in something.
[...]