Being in Congress has ruined many a good man.
3 seconds sound clip from the The Alamo (1960) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:06:25.799 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- But first, the young lady and I will take a pasear.
- Gather up your possibles and I'll meet up with you later.
- Kind of cheers me to see the Colonel with that lady. Last couple of years he had me worried.
- Lately he ain't been looking at the girls like he was starved.
- Being in Congress has ruined many a good man.
- All I hear is Crockett the bear-killer, Crockett the Indian-fighter, Crockett the brawler.
- Kept it hidden a number of years.
- You like my Tennesseans, Flaca?
- Oh, yes.
- You could strain 10000 and never come up with 23 better.
- Every one of those men has been at my elbow, save the boy Smitty, when some difficulty arose.
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