'And we, the Comanches, say: We would rather be dead.'

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5 seconds sound clip from the McLintock! (1963) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:35:20 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- 'Let us tell you this...'

- 'It is a Comanche law that no chief ever eats unless first he sees that the pots are full of meat in the lodges of the widows and orphans.'

- 'It is the Comanche way of life.'

- 'This that the White Man calls charity is a fine thing for widows and orphans, but no warrior can accept it, for if he does, he is no longer a man and when he is no longer a man, he is nothing and better off dead.'

- 'You say to the Comanche: You are widows and orphans. You are not men.'

- 'And we, the Comanches, say: We would rather be dead.'

- 'It will not be a remembered fight when you kill us, because we are few now, and have few weapons, but we will fight, and we will die Comanche.'

- Thank you, Big McLintock.

- Am I to gather the Comanche defy the government of the United States?

- Yes, you may gather that the Comanche defy the United States government or at least this commission.

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'This that the White Man calls charity is a fine thing for widows and orphans, but no warrior can accept it, for if he does, he is no longer a man and when he is no longer a man, he is nothing and better off dead.'

I was called that once. Looked it up in the dictionary. It's best you don't know what it means.

'It is a Comanche law that no chief ever eats unless first he sees that the pots are full of meat in the lodges of the widows and orphans.'

Come on, get him aboard.

I would, and I got the kind of manners don't keep me from saying so just to be polite.

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Actors: John Wayne (George Washington McLintock), Maureen O'Hara (Katherine McLintock), Chill Wills (Drago), Stefanie Powers (Becky McLintock), Yvonne De Carlo (Louise Warren)

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