Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man.
7 seconds sound clip from the Patton (1970) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 02:17:36 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- This'll change too very quickly. Like a planet spinning off into the universe.
- Right now, the weak spot is here.
- In 10 days, we could be in Berlin.
- What about the fortifications at Verdun and Metz?
- Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man.
- Now, when mountain ranges and oceans can be overcome, anything built by man can be overcome.
- The carts came to me in my dream. They kept buzzing around in my head. I couldn't figure it out.
- They took the wounded and what was left of the supplies and threw 'em in the carts.
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Actors: George C. Scott (General George Patton), Karl Malden (General Omar Bradley), Michael Bates (General Bernard Montgomery)
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