The Naked and the Dead (1958)

Cliff Robertson: Lt. Robert Hearn

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• Lt. Robert Hearn : General... I've been thinking about what you said. Especially what you said about the power of fear and the fear of power. I never agreed with your point of view before, but I wasn't sure you were wrong. Now I'm sure. Two men carried me 18 miles through the jungle, a Baptist minister and a wandering Jew, but they didn't do it out of fear. They did it out of love. But they did something else besides save my life, they showed me something I've known all my life but I had forgotten. There's a spirit in man that'll survive all the reigns of terror and all the hardships. Man cannot achieve the authority of God. And no man, whether he's a politician or a general, should try. The spirit in man is God-like, eternal, indestructible.

• Lt. Robert Hearn : [context: Lt. Hearn, upon returning from battle being severely wounded, and having been brought back to a field hospital because of enlisted men who respected him, retorts to Gen. Cummings in counterpoint to the General's perspective on power:]  I've been thinking a lot about the things you said about the power of fear and the fear of power... I never agreed with your point of view before, but I wasn't sure you were wrong. Now I am sure. Two men carried me 18 miles through the jungle -- a Baptist minister and a wandering Jew. They did it out of love. But they did something else. They saved my life General, they showed me something I've known all my life but I had forgotten. There's a spirit in man that will survive all the reigns of terror and all the hardships. Man cannot achieve the authority of God. And no man whether he's a politician or a general should try. The spirit in man is god-like, eternal, indestructible.

  [General walks away with saying a word of contradiction as the movie ends on this note]