- Arabia's for the Arabs now. That's what I've told them anyway. That's what they think. That's why they're fighting.
- Oh, surely.
— T. E. Lawrence (Toole), (Peter O’Toole)
18 seconds sound clip from the Lawrence of Arabia movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 02:15:35 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Yes. Of course I'm going back.
- Hm. Well, if we can see it, so can the Turk.
- If he finds he's using four divisions to fend off a handful of bandits, he'll withdraw.
- He daren't withdraw. Arabia's part of his empire.
- If he gets out now, he knows he'll never get back again.
- They've only one suspicion. That we'll let them drive the Turks out and then move in ourselves.
- I've told them that that's false, that we have no ambitions in Arabia. Have we?
- I'm not a politician, thank God.
- Have we any ambition in Arabia?
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