I must safeguard the health of my troops.

3 seconds sound clip from the Isle of the Dead (1945) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:21:20.646 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- We are faced with a very serious form of the plague, septicemic plague.

- The symptoms are wavering gait, convulsions, weakness, sometimes blindness, and then death, always death. Always death, and very quickly.

- The illness is highly infectious. Because there is a grave danger of it spreading to the army crippling our efforts against the enemy, it has been decided that we all remain here until the disease has run its course.

- I have to cross over to the village. Today is market day.

- No one may leave the island.

- I must safeguard the health of my troops.

- I'm afraid you'll have to make an exception in my case, General. In my case and my wife's. I'm traveling on urgent business for my government.

- No one may leave.

- But, my dear sir, His Majesty's government...

- No one may leave the island. (2)

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