Glory/Quotes
"And who are you? So full of hate that you have to fight everybody, because you've been whipped and chased by hounds. Well that might not be living, but it sure as hell ain't dying. And dying's been what these white boys have been doing for going on three years now, dying by the thousands, dying for you, fool. And all this time I keep askin' myself, when, O Lord, when gonna be our time? Gonna come a time when we all gonna hafta ante up and kick in like men,LIKE MEN! You watch who you callin' nigger! If there's any niggers around here, it's YOU, just a smart-mouthed, stupid-ass, swamp-runnin' nigger! And if you not careful, that's all you ever gonna be!"
—Rawlins
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Trip: I ain't fightin' this war for you, sir. |
Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Never question my authority in front of others. |
Sgt. Mulcahy: [mocking Searles' manner of walking] Oh look at this, Bonnie Prince Charlie! Are you a gentleman? Are you a member of Congress or something? Or are you the bloody Prince of Africa? |
[Shaw enters the quartermaster's office while some of his soldiers guard the door] |
"I ain't much about no prayin', now. I ain't never had no family, and... killed off my mama. Well, I just... Y'all's the onliest family I got. I love the 54th. Ain't even much a matter what happens tomorrow, 'cause we men, ain't we?"
—Trip
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