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They get paid for it, don't they?

4 seconds sound clip from the The Oklahoma Kid (1939) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:22:57 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Exactly, and that's why my folks and I have been on the outs for years.

- You seem like a very antisocial young man.

- But I'm not. I'm as social as a setter pup.

- I like all kinds of people, but I don't take to this itch for plowing up new empires, that's all.

- But why not?

- I'll tell you why not.

- 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.

- Fine. Great.

- Then when they get it all pretty and prosperous, along come the grafters and land-grabbers and politicians...

- And with one hand skim off the cream and with the other, scoop up the gravy.

[...]

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Mp3 sound clips of the most memorable voice quotes and sound effects sampled from the movie The Oklahoma Kid (1939).

Actors: James Cagney (The Oklahoma Kid), Humphrey Bogart (Whip McCord), Rosemary Lane (Jane Hardwick)

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