Duchess of Richmond Quotes in Waterloo (1970)

Sarah: Mama, Iggy has promised to bring me a cuirassier's helmet to use as a work basket - without blood in it, Mama.

Duchess of Richmond: And one for me, young man - *with* the blood.

Sir William Ponsonby: And where do you plan to stick your Frenchman, Hay?

Lord Richard Hay: I thought under the right arm, sir.

Sarah: See? He has it all planned.

General Sir Thomas Picton: When you meet a cuirassier beam-to-beam, you'll be lucky if you bring away your life with you, never mind his helmet. Boy, you'll learn the art of fighting from the French.

[referring to the English troops]

Duchess of Richmond: They're the salt of England, Arthur.

Duke of Wellington: Scum. Nothing but beggars and scoundrels, all of them. Gin is the spirit of their patriotism.

Duchess of Richmond: Yet you expect them to die for you?

Duke of Wellington: Um-hum.

Duchess of Richmond: Out of duty?

Duke of Wellington: Um-hum.

Duchess of Richmond: I doubt if even Bonaparte could draw men to him by duty.

Duke of Wellington: Oh, Boney's not a gentleman.

Duchess of Richmond: Arthur! What an Englishman you are.

Duke of Wellington: On the field of battle his hat is worth fifty thousand men; but he is not a gentleman.

Duchess of Richmond: ...this year, soldiers are the fashion.

Duke of Wellington: [ironically] Where would society be without my boys?