The cattlemen came in first, then the homesteaders moved in and fenced them out.

7 seconds sound clip from the The Westerner (1940) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:51:18 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- We're not asking you to speak for us.

- No, nor me, either.

- Well, that makes it unanimous.

- I'm going to talk for the both of you.

- There's a law here against fencing land that seems nothing short of murder to people raising crops, but it's common sense to men running cattle.

- I've seen this kind of war before. It's happening now, back in Kansas and Nebraska.

- The cattlemen came in first, then the homesteaders moved in and fenced them out.

- They had crops for one year, and then a dry spell, drought, so the homesteaders moved out, and the rush and thistle and jimson moved in.

- And the big spaces were all broken up by little quarter sections...

- And the homesteads left empty, and the houses caved in, and the land, no good for man or cattle.

- You spoiled the land, then you came here to spoil this land.

- This here's a big country.

[...]

The Westerner (1940) Sound Clip

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Mp3 sound clips of the most memorable voice quotes and sound effects sampled from the movie The Westerner (1940).

Actors: Gary Cooper (Cole Harden), Walter Brennan (Judge Roy Bean), Doris Davenport (Jane Ellen Mathews)

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