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Lt. Mathew Perry : Hello, Father!
General Augustus Perry : Mr Perry, you're out of uniform. Didn't they teach you at Westpoint how to dress properly?
Lt. Mathew Perry : Yes, sir. It's just that out here in the West, it's not so strict.
General Augustus Perry : There's only one acceptable reply to my statement, Mr Perry. That reply is: No excuse, sir.
Lt. Mathew Perry : No excuse. sir. Lieutenant Perry reporting to the General as ordered. Sir, this is Scout Nolan.
General Augustus Perry : A former cattle drover who exceeded his authority and made an unauthorised peace with the Indians.
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General Augustus Perry : Morgan!
Sergeant Morgan : Yes, sir.
General Augustus Perry : He's a fine looking boy, isn't he?
Sergeant Morgan : He's a fine looking man, sir, just that you haven't got eyes to see it yet.
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Pete Nolan : Order or no order, I wasn't gonna let them get bushwhacked.
General Augustus Perry : Mr Nolan, you will consider yourself under arrest for direct disregard of an order. Inasmuch we are at war with the Indians, it'll come under the Articles of War concerning disobedience on the field of battle.
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General Augustus Perry : I'll give no food to hostile Indians.
Gil Favor : How can you get such a big hate on for the Indians?
General Augustus Perry : I don't hate the Indians, Mr Favor. I hate the enemy.
Gil Favor : When do they stop being the enemy?
General Augustus Perry : When they're dead.
Gil Favor : Well, that might fit every man here, General. We were the enemy, but we ain't dead yet.
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General Augustus Perry : Tell me, Mr Favor, what was your rank in the Army?
Gil Favor : Captain.
General Augustus Perry : Ah, good rank. Best rank there is. Enough authority to make a few decisions. And, well, very little responsibility. Is that how you found it?
Gil Favor : I ain't an officer no more if this is gonna be an officer to officer talk.
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Lt. Mathew Perry : I will arrest Grey Hawk, and what happens after that will be on your head, your conscience, if you have one.
General Augustus Perry : Mr Perry, you are an officer in the United States Army. Are you trying to excuse the outrage committed by this man's son?
Lt. Mathew Perry : Wild Horse is guilty of being true to his creed. And you, sir, are guilty of the same offence.
General Augustus Perry : MR PERRY!
Lt. Mathew Perry : Only Wild Horse is a savage and a boy, and you are supposed to be a civilised man, an officer charged with the responsibility. You are indulging yourself, sir. Well, you don't have that right.