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In this country, the man who gives victory in battle is prized beyond every other man.

13 seconds sound clip from the Lawrence of Arabia movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 02:27:17 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Well, I will give you a guide and a letter. And before I leave here, ah, which must be presently, I will have some facts and figures put on paper for you.

- You know, of course, that we are destroying the Turkish railways.

- I do, sir.

- Major Lawrence is in charge of all this, is he?

- My army is made up of tribes. The tribes are led by the tribal leaders.

- Well, your people do think very highly of Major Lawrence, though?

- Oh, yes. And the rightly.

- In this country, the man who gives victory in battle is prized beyond every other man.

- One figure I can give you from my head, because it never leaves my head.

- Since starting this campaign four months ago, we have lost... 37 wounded... 156 dead.

- You remark the disproportion between our dead and wounded.

- Yeah. Four times as many.

- That's because those too badly wounded to bring away, we ourselves kill.

- We leave no wounded for the Turks.

- You mean...?

- I mean we leave no wounded for the Turks.

- In their eyes, we are not soldiers but rebels. And rebels, wounded or whole, are not protected by the Geneva Code and are treated harshly.

[...]

Lawrence of Arabia Sound Clip

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Famous quotes from Lawrence of Arabia (1962), featuring short sound clips of the best lines.

Actors: Peter O’Toole (T. E. Lawrence), Alec Guinness (Prince Faisal), Anthony Quinn (Auda abu Tayi), Jack Hawkins (General Allenby), Omar Sharif (Sherif Ali), Claude Rains (Mr. Dryden), Arthur Kennedy (Jackson Bentley)

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