Talking about whose ox gets gored, figure this, fella gets in the habit of goring oxes, whets his appetite. He may come up north next and gore yours.

— Davy Crockett (John Wayne)

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

You can hear this line at 01:02:32.286 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- I never said no such a thing.

- When I stuck that powder in there, that fella Travis asked if us Tennesseans was gonna join up with him. That's all. He never asked us to fight his fight for him.

- Have some breakfast.

- Breakfast? Tortillas?

- Tamales.

- Never get burnt drinking this stuff.

- Well, I own me no part of this here Texas, and none of these here Texicans is related to me. So why should I fight for them?

- Right. Ain't our ox's that're gettin' gored.

- Talking about whose ox gets gored, figure this, fella gets in the habit of goring oxes, whets his appetite. He may come up north next and gore yours.

- Men, we're in a little fix, sort of.

- The he-bull around here, General Santa Anna, he's mad at us.

- Yeah?

- He's wrote us a letter. Now, I can't read it, it's in Spanish. But the young lady will.

- It is addressed to Davy Crockett and the Tennesseans who accompany him.

- Be it known, you are interlopers in a country where you are neither wanted nor welcome.

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