Paths of Glory (1957)
Ralph Meeker: Cpl. Philippe Paris
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Quotes
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Corporal Paris : [the condemned men are awaiting execution] See that cockroach?
[cutaway to the cockroach]
Corporal Paris : Tomorrow morning, we'll be dead, and it'll be alive. It'll have more contact with my wife and child than I will. I'll be nothing, and it'll be alive.
Private Ferol : [Ferol smashes the roach with his hand and adds with smiling sarcasm] Now you've got the edge on him!
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Corporal Paris : You ran like a rabbit after you killed Lejeune.
Lt. Roget : Killed Lejeune? What are you talking about? I don't think I like your tone. You're speaking to an officer. Remember that.
Corporal Paris : Oh, well, I must be mistaken, then, sir. An officer wouldn't do that. A man wouldn't do it. Only a thing would. A sneaky, booze-guzzling, yellow-bellied rat with a bottle for a brain and a streak of...
Lt. Roget : That's enough, Corporal.
Corporal Paris : Spit where a spine ought to be.
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Corporal Paris : Is this supposed to be our last meal or something?
Pvt. Pierre Arnaud : It isn't supposed to be our last meal. It is our last meal.
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Corporal Paris : It just occurred to me. Funny thing. I haven't had one sexual thought since the court martial. It's pretty extraordinary, isn't it?
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Corporal Paris : You got yourself into a mess, Lieutenant.
Lt. Roget : Oh, I have, have I? Well, you've got yourself in a worse one. First, general insubordination. Second, threatening your superior officer. Third, refusing to obey an order and inciting others to do the same. Now, how do you think those charges are going to look on paper?
Corporal Paris : Not half as bad as these: endangering the lives of your men through recklessness, drunk on duty, wanton murder of one of your own men, and cowardice in the face of the enemy.
Lt. Roget : Phillip, have you ever tried to bring charges against an officer? It's my word against yours, you know. And whose word do you think they're going to believe? Or, let me put it another way. Whose word are they going to accept?
