Today, more than ever before, a public office calls for knowledge.
7 seconds sound clip from the Dark Command (1940) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:25:52 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- I know nothing against Mr. Seton, neither as my opponent, nor as my pupil. My most promising pupil.
- Within the hour, you will go to the polls, and you will elect either Mr. Seton or myself.
- If you elect him, you will get a man who is honest.
- And, my friends, Mr. Seton is a man of courage. Plenty of courage.
- But honesty and courage are not enough.
- Today, more than ever before, a public office calls for knowledge.
- You must know law and how to apply it.
- Our town has grown to a size where we need a marshal.
- Be sure you elect a man who can grow with the town.
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