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Well, circumstances alter cases. We can explain to Alan the fine distinction that entered into this situation, that he's justified in making an exception to the rule.

8 seconds sound clip from the The Future Is Yours (Family Theater) classic radio drama series episode.

You can hear this line at 00:12:48.654 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- But I think I'd better talk it over with my husband.

- Yes, do that, and remember the time is running short. The hearing comes up on Wednesday.

- Grace, you're making a mountain out of a molehill.

- I'm not, Robert.

- And anyway, it's just a simple question of right and wrong.

- No matter how you look at it, if Alan testifies that he's suffering pain when he isn't, it's a lie.

- Well, circumstances alter cases. We can explain to Alan the fine distinction that entered into this situation, that he's justified in making an exception to the rule.

- No, that's just beating around the bush, Robert.

- But, Grace, there may be serious after effects. How do we know?

- No, Dr. Green said there was little danger of that.

- The way I look at it is this. It's all a question of values, moral values.

- Yes.

- Now, look, when you weigh in all the good that can come out of this, Alan's future and...

- And my stage career.

- And the new grip on life it'll give us.

- Why, I'd say it was the better part of discretion to permit Alan to...

- To what?

- Tell a lie?

[...]

The Future Is Yours (1948) Sound Clip

The Future Is Yours (1948) coverListen to quotes from the 1948 Family Theater radioplay The Future Is Yours, written by Walter Spence.

Actors: Bobby Driscoll (Alan), Rosemary DeCamp (Loretta), Ruth Perrott (Grace), Willard Waterman, Paul Conrad, Bob Holton

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