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Yet, it is his privilege to hold to that belief.

4 seconds sound clip from the Dark Command (1940) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:44:11 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- You've got a family and future to think of. When you vote, think of them.

- Gentlemen, you have heard all the witnesses, and now you know the facts.

- Or shall we say, the so-called facts? For it must be obvious that a great deal of this testimony reeks of prejudice.

- Our community is predominantly northern in its sympathies. Yet, the defendant is a southerner.

- He happens to believe in the sovereignty of the south. Believes in it so fervently, that he fought with hale over the issue.

- Yet, it is his privilege to hold to that belief.

- It is not within your power to bring Hale back to life.

- But it is within your power, by ruling out that prejudice to which I have referred to and by rendering the proper verdict, to give life back to this boy.

- Look at him, gentlemen. Look at his sister and his father. None deplore the spilling of blood more than they do.

- Their hearts are full of compassion for the family of the deceased.

- They are ready and eager to make whatever amends lie within their power.

[...]

Dark Command (1940) Sound Clip

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Actors: Claire Trevor (Mary McCloud), John Wayne (Bob Seton), Walter Pidgeon (Will Cantrell), George "Gabby" Hayes (Doc), Marjorie Main (Mrs. Cantrell), Roy Rogers (Fletch)

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