The Siege of Jadotville Quotes
Pat Quinlan: Not many Frenchmen like German tacticians. It only took them two weeks to take over your entire country.
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Charles Cooley: What's it like getting shot?
Pat Quinlan: I wouldn't recommend it.
Pat Quinlan: I wouldn't recommend it.
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Rene Faulques: You do realize that you are outnumbered by a factor of twenty.
Pat Quinlan: I see a lot of dead men here. None of them are mine.
Pat Quinlan: I see a lot of dead men here. None of them are mine.
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Sgt. Jack Prendergast: We've used every bullet twice. What do we do now?
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General McEntee: Carry out your orders, commandant. Hold your ground. Defend Jadotville.
Pat Quinlan: With what? A firm tone?
Pat Quinlan: With what? A firm tone?
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Pat Quinlan: We'll hold out until our last bullet is spent. We could do with that whiskey.
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[first lines] Pat Quinlan: [narrating]I once heard a man say that, in Africa, the sun is like a furnace that either melts you or forges you.
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Madame LaFontagne: This place killed my husband. Radiation. The two bombs that America used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki came from the mines here in Jadotville.
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Pat Quinlan: [briefing new troops]Nobody has shot at you, tried to kill you before. You are war virgins.
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John Gorman: I felt scared.
Pat Quinlan: It's only natural.
John Gorman: No, that's not it. I was scared. But then I liked it. The killing.
Pat Quinlan: It's what you're trained to do.
John Gorman: *You* didn't like it.
Pat Quinlan: Each man reacts differently to killing another man. None of us have done this before. Talk to me in a few days.
Pat Quinlan: It's only natural.
John Gorman: No, that's not it. I was scared. But then I liked it. The killing.
Pat Quinlan: It's what you're trained to do.
John Gorman: *You* didn't like it.
Pat Quinlan: Each man reacts differently to killing another man. None of us have done this before. Talk to me in a few days.
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