You really are the best of my generals.

— Duke Of Wellington (Christopher Plummer)

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3 seconds sound clip from the Waterloo (1970) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:38:38.241 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Everything depends on one big battle, just like at Marengo. Thank you, Soult. But at Marengo, I was young.

- Uncle Gordon paraded his whole regiment for my inspection this morning.

- So I just rode up and down, in and out, and hipped my fancy.

- Mama, you chose such big ones.

(APPLAUSE IN THE PALACE)

- You really are the best of my generals.

- We ladies just have to follow the drum.

- This season, soldiers are the fashion.

- Where would society be without my boys?

- They are the salt of England.

- Scum.

[...]

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