Don Lope de Aguirre Quotes in Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

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Don Lope de Aguirre Quotes:

  • Don Lope de Aguirre: I am the great traitor. There must be no other. Anyone who even thinks about deserting this mission will be cut up into 198 pieces. Those pieces will be stamped on until what is left can be used only to paint walls. Whoever takes one grain of corn or one drop of water... more than his ration, will be locked up for 155 years. If I, Aguirre, want the birds to drop dead from the trees... then the birds will drop dead from the trees. I am the wrath of God. The earth I pass will see me and tremble. But whoever follows me and the river, will win untold riches. But whoever deserts...

  • Don Lope de Aguirre: That man is a head taller than me. That may change.

  • [last lines]

    Don Lope de Aguirre: I am the wrath of God. Who else is with me?

  • Don Lope de Aguirre: Perucho, don't you think the cannon might be a little bit rusty?

    Perucho: It might.

  • Don Fernando de Guzman: All the land to our left and all the land to our right now belongs to us. I solemnly and formally take possession of all this land. Our country is already six times larger than Spain, and every day we drift makes it bigger.

    Don Lope de Aguirre: Have you seen any solid ground that would support your weight?

  • Don Lope de Aguirre: When we reach the sea, we will build a bigger ship, and sail north to take Trinidad from the Spanish crown. From there we'll sail on and take Mexico from Cortés. What great treachery that will be! Then all of New Spain will be ours, and we'll produce history as others produce plays. I, the Wrath of God, will marry my own daughter and with her I will found the purest dynasty the world has ever seen. Together, we shall rule this entire continent. We shall endure. I am the Wrath of God! Who else is with me?

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