The only way to get loyalty is to compel it.

loyalty

5 seconds sound clip from the The Bitter Tea of General Yen movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:58:46 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Mah-Li has been betraying military secrets to my enemies.

- Can't you silence her in some other way?

- Yes. In the old days, in the days of the Manchus, I could have had her tongue cut out.

- But now that you missionaries have taught her to read and write, she's a constant menace as long as she's alive.

- I feel sorry for you, General Yen.

- A powerful man like you afraid of a poor little slave.

- The only way to get loyalty is to compel it.

- Take Captain Li, for example.

- He's the only son of a very powerful family which claims to support my rule.

- All right. I believe them. But as evidence of their good faith, I made them place him in my hands as a hostage.

- Now, if they would betray me, the life of Captain Li enables me to save my own face.

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