Then when they get it all pretty and prosperous, along come the grafters and land-grabbers and politicians...
7 seconds sound clip from the The Oklahoma Kid (1939) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:23:10 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Now, look. In the first place... The white people steal the land from the Indians, right?
- They get paid for it, don't they?
- Paid for it? Yeah. A measly $1.40 an acre, price agreed to at the point of a gun.
- Then the immigrants sweat and strain and break their hearts carving out a civilization.
- And with one hand skim off the cream and with the other, scoop up the gravy.
- I suppose you never heard of the law that protects people's rights and property.
- Yeah, I've heard of it. I've seen it work, too. Sometimes, it's all right.
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Actors: James Cagney (The Oklahoma Kid), Humphrey Bogart (Whip McCord), Rosemary Lane (Jane Hardwick)
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