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Oh, look. There are 48 states, see? And if it weren't for Interstate Commerce, nothing could get from one state to another, see?

11 seconds sound clip from the You Can't Take It with You (1939) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:21:01 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Look, there's no two ways about it. You've got to pay your taxes.

- How's that?

- I said you've got to pay it!

- Well, they've got to show me. They don't have to show you! I just told you!

- Look. Who's going to pay for all those buildings down in Washington? And Interstate Commerce? And the Constitution?

- The Constitution was paid for long ago.

- And Interstate Commerce... What is Interstate Commerce anyway?

- Oh, look. There are 48 states, see? And if it weren't for Interstate Commerce, nothing could get from one state to another, see?

- Why not? Have they got fences?

- No, they haven't got fences! They've got laws!

- Oh, holy smoke, I never ran across anything like this before!

- Well, I might pay you about... 75 dollars, but that's all it's worth.

- You'll pay every cent of it, like everybody else. And if you think you're bigger than the law, you've got another thing coming!

- Holy smokes! What's that? What's that? Let me out of this place! Lemme out here! Lemme out here!

[...]

You Can't Take It with You (1939) Sound Clip

You Can't Take It with You (1939)Quotes from You Can't Take It with You (1939), Lux Radio Theatre play broadcast in 1939, based on the Pulitzer Prize Play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.

Actors: Fay Wray (Alice), Robert Cummings (Tony), Walter Connolly (Grandpa Vanderhof), Edward Arnold (Mr. Kirby), Lou Merrill (Kolenkhov), Sally Payne (Essie),

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