Where would that power come from?
4 seconds sound clip from the Glory (1989) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:51:44 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I'd love to help you, but we just don't have any.
- I see. Pity. I'll just have a look around, see that you haven't misplaced them.
- Can't I? I'm a colonel, nasty little cuss.
- You really think you can keep 700 Union soldiers without proper shoes because you think it's funny?
- Where would that power come from?
- All right, all right. Calm down. Look, have a drink.
- No, sir.
- Sir. From the War Department. Can anything be done?
- I know.
- We'll protest this through channels later on.
[...]