It does sound too good to be true, I must confess. But we can only admit our doubts to each other. In the privacy of a room and not in front of the men.

— William Barrett Travis (Laurence Harvey)

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7 seconds sound clip from the The Alamo (1960) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:58:14.516 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- It's good we're all here, gentlemen. A cigar?

- Please, make yourselves comfortable.

- I have some news. Fannin is doing well at Goliad.

- He has mustered almost a thousand men and should be ready to move south by the first of the week.

- A thousand? It don't seem possible.

- It does sound too good to be true, I must confess. But we can only admit our doubts to each other. In the privacy of a room and not in front of the men.

- As far as the volunteers are concerned, we'll be sure that Fannin has a thousand men, or more.

- I got a reputation for truth, Travis. I ain't. Everybody says I'm a born liar.

- But whether we talk out loud or quiet don't seem to me the point right now.

- The point is how many men has Fannin and will he get here in time?

[...]

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