We will have a trumpeter and an honor guard, but we will not fire the volleys, as it would make people think an air raid was on.
— General George Patton (George C. Scott)
10 seconds sound clip from the Patton (1970) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:52:46 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!
- Captain Richard N. Jenson was a fine boy - loyal, unselfish and efficient.
- There are no coffins here, since there is no wood.
- I enclosed a lock of Dick's hair in a letter to his mother.
- He was a fine man and a fine officer. And he had no vices.
- I can't see the reason such fine young men get killed. There are so many battles yet to fight.
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