Unbowed (1999)
Edward Albert: US Army officer
Quotes
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US Army officer : I don't want them trained, I want them taught! The Red Man deserves to prove he can be educated beyond basic reading and writing. It is the same chance we gave you not so long ago.
[to President Duquesne]
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President Duquesne : Your hair. The other were willing.
[to cut it off]
US Army officer : That is why they are not Chief!
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US Army officer : Booker T.'s work with the Indians got him a lot of attention.
President Duquesne : I know what he did at Hampton.
US Army officer : He's being considered for President of Morehouse, for governor's appointment, that should be you.
President Duquesne : I have a place here, I'm respected. Outside these doors, I'm just another colored. So is Booker T. Washington.
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US Army officer : Noble words that mean nothing.
Richard : Oh, I think they do. They set a standard for what is right.
US Army officer : The words are useless because the white man does not live by them.
Richard : Not yet, but one day they will because the words are there. They can never be erased.
[debating the U.S. Constitution]
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Richard : Waka Mani, you must promise me one thing. I will be all six of your wives.
US Army officer : All six. Then I will have to love you forever.
Richard : That's long enough.
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Richard : That is why an education is so important to us. It shows us that we are free!
US Army officer : The story is different but the result is the same!
Richard : Learning is a victory. It doesn't break out spirit. We know we are black, we're not trying to be like the white man.
US Army officer : Did your ancestors dress for dinner? This room is a prison. I need to be out!
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Richard : Did you say it!
US Army officer : I did not mean you.
Richard : My skin is black. If I said Indians were savages and blanketheads, would you believe I didn't mean you?
US Army officer : No. It was wrong. I am sorry. Everyday we become like those we hate!
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Richard : I'm not an Indian. I don't know how to live as an Indian. Your ways are...
US Army officer : We will make our own ways.
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US Army officer : I'm no man's captive.
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US Army officer : Liberty or death, is that a choice only the White Man can make?
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Richard : We are Christian and free.
US Army officer : Free to be white.
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US Army officer : You should be angry at what the white people have done to your people.
Richard : If I worried about every indignity the negro suffered during the course of a normal day, I'd wouldn't be able to think of much else.
