You are merely a general. I... must be a king.
— Prince Faisal (Alec Guinness)
9 seconds sound clip from the Lawrence of Arabia movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 03:41:18 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- They have no power, sir. It's illusory.
- Illusions can be very powerful.
- Particularly... when they take this form.
- Ah, yes. But then Lawrence is a sword with two edges.
- We are equally glad to be rid of him, are we not?
- I thought I was a hard man, sir.
- You are merely a general. I... must be a king.
- Well?
- Well... it seems we're to have a British waterworks with an Arab flag on it.
- Do you think it was worth it?
- Not my business. Thank God I'm a soldier.
- Yes, sir. So you keep saying.
- You, I suspect, are chief architect of this compromise. What do you think?
- Me, Your Highness? On the whole, I wish I'd stayed in Tunbridge Wells.
[...]