He who saves a nation violates no law.
6 seconds sound clip from the Waterloo (1970) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:31:31.572 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- We need more conscripts. We need more men. We must sweep the area again. Signature.
- Your son was very brave and persistent in his duties.
- I am sorry, Madame, that fate hasn't been more discriminating.
- He who saves a nation violates no law.
- To the Prince Regent, England.
- My son is my future. And I would rather see him dead than raised as a captive Austrian Prince.
- Well, they've done it. Declared me an enemy of humanity.
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