The Alamo (2004)
Emilio Echevarría: Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
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Quotes
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana : If we are not successful, our grandchildren and their grandchildren will beg for crumbs from the Americans!
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General Castrillon : Our twelve pound cannon arrives tomorrow. Why sacrifice our soldiers trying to take a wall that can be demolished?
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana : General Castrillon, what are the lives of soldiers but so many chickens?
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General Castrillon : General, we've captured another group of rebels.
[Santa Ana finishes his tea, then steps outside to observe the prisoners]
General Castrillon : Shall we have them draw lots, Your Excellency?
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana : What for?
General Castrillon : To determine which ones to execute.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana : Execute them all.
General Castrillon : General, it is tradition.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana : If we follow tradition, the people here will remember that Fate took their loved ones.
[Santa Ana gives the signal, and his soldiers execute all of the rebels]
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana : Instead... they will remember that it was Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana.
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General Castrillon : Houston is less than two miles away.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana : We will break camp and chase the coward!
General Castrillon : He's not running. He's on his way here.
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana : [in Spanish] Move this battery forward!
Mexican Lieutenant : Excelencia, with all due respect for your safety, Davy Crockett is in the Alamo.
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana : Without blood, without tears, there's no glory.