I made one mistake in my life. I should have burned Berlin.
— Napoleon Bonaparte (Rod Steiger)
3 seconds sound clip from the Waterloo (1970) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:55:03.780 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- The lads are down to five rounds a man, Wellington. Aye, they'll stand.
- If Marshal Blucher doesn't come through now, they'll break every bone in my body.
- If there is anything in this world about which I know positively nothing, it is agriculture.
- Sire, the Prussians are in the woods! Blucher is in the woods!
- I made one mistake in my life. I should have burned Berlin.
- Raise high the black flags, children. No pity. No prisoners.
- I'll shoot any man I see with pity in him. Onward!
- Now, Maitland! Now's your time!
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