The Bashaw of Tangier Quotes in The Wind and the Lion (1975)
The Bashaw of Tangier Quotes:
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Capt. Jerome, USMC: Captain Jerome, United States Marine Corps, and you are my prisoner, sir.
The Bashaw of Tangier: You are a very dangerous man, Captain, and your President Roosevelt is mad.
Capt. Jerome, USMC: Yes, sir!
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Gummere: Have you ever heard of the "Big Stick", Bashaw?
The Bashaw of Tangier: Do not threaten me, Mr. Gummere. I have been threatened by the French, the Germans, the English... I have been threatened by..."experts", Mr. Gummere! And yet Morocco is still the only sovereign Muslim throne west of Constantinople.
Gummere: Yes, but it is shaky.
The Bashaw of Tangier: Yes, we have French infantry and German cavalry. Our currency is Spanish. But my nephew is the Sultan of Morocco; and it is, as it shall be.
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