The Horse Soldiers Quotes

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant: Have you thought about how you're going to get back?
Col. John Marlowe: Have you, sir?
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant: Well, I guess I asked for that. I just hate to think of you spending the rest of the war in Andersonville; it's a hell-hole.

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Major Kendall: [preparing to fight] What are the rules gonna be, Colonel?
Col. John Marlowe: Make up your own.
Major Kendall: [hits Marlow in the jaw as he is taking off his blouse] You said make your own.

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Major Kendall: Look here, colonel, I didn't ask to be assigned to this mission...

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Major Kendall: [to Marlowe] As usual, I'm just presenting the grim facts. Colonel Secord doesn't seem to understand that the coffee tastes better when the latrines are dug downstream instead of upstream. How do you like *your* coffee, Colonel?

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