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I did not usurp the crown. I found it in the gutter. And I picked it up... with my sword. And it was the people who put it on my head.

38 seconds sound clip from the Waterloo (1970) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:30:42.362 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- No, no, no, no. Musset must go.

- 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.

- To my dear Prince Alexis.

- I did not usurp the crown. I found it in the gutter. And I picked it up... with my sword. And it was the people who put it on my head.

- He who saves a nation violates no law.

- To my beloved wife, I beg you not only as my wife, but as the daughter of Austria, my enemy. Please return to me my most precious possession: My son.

- To the Prince Regent, England.

- Your Royal Highness, you've been my most generous enemy for 20 years. But now I want... I want peace. Peace. Therefore I protest the presence of Wellington...

- My son is my future. And I would rather see him dead than raised as a captive Austrian Prince.

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Waterloo (1970) Sound Clip

Waterloo (1970)posterListen to memorable quotes from the classic 1970 movie Waterloo (1970).

Actors: Rod Steiger (Napoleon Bonaparte), Christopher Plummer (Duke of Wellington), Orson Welles (King Louis XVIII)

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