- Bosambo: Lord Sandi, I lie to anybody if I think it is good for me. But, I will never lie to you.
- Commissioner R.G. Sanders: That will be very wise, Bosambo.
- Commissioner R.G. Sanders: For heaven's sake, stop thinking about that Victoria Cross of yours. What you're in for is tramping through swamps and jungles. Any decoration you'll get: mosquito bites.
- Captain Hamilton: When I told him you had sent me after his firewater, he said you've got ears as long as an elephant, eyes in the top your head, and in your back, and where other men sit.
- Commissioner R.G. Sanders: Didn't you know that no man can be Chief in the River Territories without my permission?
- Bosambo: I knew, Lord.
- Commissioner R.G. Sanders: Well?
- Bosambo: But, I also knew that you also knew that I made myself Chief.
- Bosambo: I'm a Christian! I went to a mission school. I know all about the blessed Marky Lukey, and Johnny. And that other John who lost his head about a certain dancing girl.
- Bosambo: Lord Sandi, you rule two million people along the river; but, there is only one man who will not run away when he see's the ostrisch feathers of the old King's warriors.
- Commissioner R.G. Sanders: And you are that one man?
- Bosambo: I am the one man, Lord.
- Bosambo: [singing] O-o-O-o-yo-yo-yo-yo, O-o-yo-yo-yo-yo, O-o-o-yo-yo, On, on, into battle, Make the war drums, rattle, Mow them down like cattle, Onward, on! On into battle, Stamp them into the dust, Into the dust, Charge! Cheer! Shoot! Spear! Onward, smash! Smite! Slash! Fight and - slay!
- King Mofolaba: I'm the greatest king in these countries.
- Commissioner R.G. Sanders: My King is the greatest king on earth! And if little kings and chiefs disobey his orders - I'll plow them into the ground!
- King Mofolaba: I am hot for the hide of a certain leopard. Go and get the bait! It will bring the leopard into my trap.
- King Mofolaba: I will do as you want, Mr. Sandi, because of I am your friend. But, I have nine war drums, over which are stretched the skin of little chiefs who offended me. I know the skin that will be stretched on the tenth.
- Commissioner R.G. Sanders: Ten years ago, when we went upstream, we couldn't stay on the deck of a ship. When we got near the shore, a shard of arrows poured on us. All over the territory, the same thing. War, killing, torture. No woman dared leave her village and no man could sleep safely in his house.
- J. Ferguson: And yet, crossing the territories now is just as safe as crossing Londontown.
- Commissioner R.G. Sanders: Oh, much safer! No traffic.
- King Mofolaba: Lord Sandi, you promised we should keep our custom. Its an old custom in our lands to buy women.
- Commissioner R.G. Sanders: Yes, if the woman and the father consent. But, slavery I won't have, King Mofolaba!
- King Mofolaba: Not your gold I want. It's your skin! For my drum! You put shame upon me. You shall die a slow death. But, before you die, you shall see your woman die!
- Bosambo: [singing] Sandi the strong, Sandi the wise, Righter of wrong, Hater of lies, Laughed as he fought, Worked as he played, As he has taught, Let it be made...
- Lilongo: I'm a Muhammadan.
- Bosambo: Oh, so am I!
- Commissioner R.G. Sanders: What?
- Lilongo: They said you were a Christian?
- Bosambo: I'm a Christian for Lord Sandi. But, for you, I shall be of the true faith.
- Commissioner R.G. Sanders: Well, you better make up your mind about it.
- Commissioner R.G. Sanders: Ten days ago when I left you, your words were sweeter than honey of wild bees. But, what is the truth?
- Bosambo: Lord Sandi, I've learnt the secret of government from your lordship.
- Commissioner R.G. Sanders: You have?
- Bosambo: It is this: a king ought not to be feared, but, loved by his people.
- Bosambo: [singing] Life is the burden of labor, When each bends his back with his neighbor, So, each for all, We stand or fall, And all for each, Until we reach, The journey's end...
- Lilongo: [singing] My little black dove, Curl up in your nest of love, And go to your rest, Asleep at my breast, My little black dove...
- Bosambo: Is it no longer the custom for the women of the Ochori to greet their returning warriors? Lilongo? Lilongo? Lilongo? Lilongo? Where is she? Where is she?
- Tribal Chief 2: Lord, we all love one another now; because, if we did not, your lordship would punish us very cruelly.
- Opening Title Card: Sailors, soldiers and merchant-adventurers were the pioneers who laid the foundation of the British Empire. To-day their work is carried on by the Civil Servants -- Keepers of the King's Peace.
- Title Card: Five years of harvest, peace and plenty. Under Sanders, just rule the People of the River enjoyed their primitive paradise.
- Tribal Chief 1: If one mad man comes against five other men, who are not mad, behold, they all become mad together.
- Tribal Chief 1: Lord, it is true. My people are so rich that even the common man can afford three wives.
- Opening Title Card: AFRICA... Tens of millions of natives under British rule, each tribe with its own chieftain, governed and protected by a handful of white men whose everyday work is an unsung saga of courage and efficiency.