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- 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.

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

You can hear this line at 02:27:51 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- How harshly?

- More harshly than I hope you can imagine.

- I see.

- Our own prisoners are taken care of until the British can relieve us of them, according to the Code.

- I should like you to notice that.

- Yes, sir.

[...]

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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