British Officer Quotes in The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

British Officer: You call yourself a patriot, and loyal subject to the Crown?

Hawkeye: I do not call myself subject to much at all.

[Michael Collins arrives at the ceremony to take down the British flag]

British officer: You're seven minutes late, Mr. Collins.

Michael Collins: You've kept us waiting 700 years. You can have your seven minutes.

[a British officer steps from the back of his tralier to address the officers before him]

British officer: Gentlemen, the following order from General Auchinleck, is to all commanders and chiefs-of-staff of the Middle East Forces.

[reads]

British officer: "There exists a real danger that our friend Rommel is becoming a kind of magician or bogeyman to our troops, who are talking far too much about him. He is by no means a superman, although he is undoubtedly very energetic and able. Even if he were a superman, it would still be highly undesirable that our men should credit him with supernatural powers. I wish you to dispel by all possible means the idea that Rommel represents something more than an ordinary German general. Please ensure that this order is put into immediate effect, and impress upon all commanders, that from the psychological point of view, it is a matter of the highest importance. Signed, C.J. Auchinleck, General, Commander-In-Chief, M.E.F."

Gen. Glen McMahon: General.

[shakes his hand]

British Officer: We're all... very excited to see you here; it's an honor to meet you.

Gen. Glen McMahon: I'm excited to be here. Ain't that right, Greg?

Greg Pulver: Yes indeed, sir, you're very excited.

British officer: We've done all we can. The troops that took Triangle Mountain have returned home. The Japanese survivors are not in this town.

Captain Inouye: But that tune?

British officer: You hear a certain way of playing - a few notes floating by the breeze, and it's enough to make you think a dead man is alive. You must be dreaming.

British officer: [to his adjutant] He must be dreaming!