Tell your people and your governments that we have created a race of robots whose function it is to patrol the planets in spaceships and preserve the peace.
12 seconds sound clip from the The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:50:46 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- I am leaving soon. You will forgive me if I speak bluntly.
- The universe grows smaller every day.
- Where I come from, we believe there must be security for all... or no one is secure.
- This does not mean giving up any freedom except the freedom to act irresponsibly.
- This is the message that I ask you to take back when you return to your native lands.
- At the first sign of treachery, they will act automatically.
- Nothing you have here on Earth can stop them.
- The penalty for provoking their action is too terrible to risk.
[...]