Aesop Quotes in Major Dundee (1965)

Aesop: [observing the French troops] My outfit could lick those boys - those ones on foot, anyway. With one hand tied behind our backs.

O.W. Hadley: How's that, Aesop?

Aesop: They're soft, O.W. - they ain't never been South.

Aesop: Hey Tim! That your first shave?

Tim Ryan: Yeah.

Aesop: Maybe soon we'll have to start callin' you Ryan!

Tim Ryan: Yeah?

Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: Mr. Aesop, I am... we would like to complement you and your men on the way you handled the river crossing this afternoon.

Aesop: Thank you, sir.

Aesop: Sir. I'd like to volunteer, sir. Me and my six coloreds.

Maj. Amos Dundee: I haven't asked for volunteers from the command yet.

Aesop: We're the ones doing the asking, sir.

Maj. Amos Dundee: Why?

Aesop: To fight, sir. We've been standing guard and cleaning stables for nearly two years now.

Maj. Amos Dundee: Tomorrow, you ask the officer of the day to see me... you and your six coloreds.

Aesop: [salutes Dundee] Thank you, sir.