But no matter where or when there was fighting to be done, it has always been the calm leadership of the officer class that has made the British Army what it is.
11 seconds sound clip from the Monty Python's The Meaning of Life movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:51:58.293 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Well...
- Now, what about the rest of you? Rather be at the pictures, I suppose. All right! Off you go!
- Bloody army. I don't know what it's coming to.
- Right. Sergeant Major marching up and down the square. Left, right, left.
- Democracy and humanitarianism have always been trademarks of the British Army.
- Rubbish!
- Shh!
- And have stamped its triumph in the furthest-flung corners of the Empire.
- Not bad. Bitten to shreds, though. Must be that hole in the bloody mosquito net.
- Yes, savage little blighters, aren't they?
- Excuse me, sir. I'm afraid Perkins got rather badly bitten during the night.
- Yes, but I do think Doctor ought to see him.
- Well, go and fetch him then.
- Suppose I'd better go along. Coming, Pakenham?
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