Yes, I understand. Truly. But don't you see? It's a matter of principle. If we give in now, there'll be no end to it. No.
— Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness)
10 seconds sound clip from the The Bridge on the River Kwai movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:41:19.557 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- It's a question of face, pure and simple. And he can't give in.
- Sir, you can't stand much more of this.
- And wouldn't the officers be better off working than suffocating in that hole?
- And if he makes the sick men work. Well, they're going to die. That's all there is to it.
- Sir, we're lost in the jungle, a thousand miles from anywhere.
- We're under the heel of a man who will stop at nothing to get his way.
- Principle! No one will ever know or care what happens to us.
- I'm adamant. I will not have an officer from my battalion working as a coolie.
[...]
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Actors: Alec Guinness (Colonel Nicholson), Sessue Hayakawa (Colonel Saito), William Holden (Commander Shears), Jack Hawkins (Major Warden)
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