Rough Riders (1997)
Darin Heames: Lt. William Wheeler
Quotes
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Gen. Joseph 'Fighting Joe' Wheeler : We've got the Yankees on the run!
Lt. William Wheeler : Spaniards, sir; and they're falling back onto prepared positions.
Gen. Joseph 'Fighting Joe' Wheeler : Don't spoil it, son.
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Gen. Joseph 'Fighting Joe' Wheeler : [after leaving an officer's conference] That General Shafter is way over his head... WAY over. And he's big as a house to boot!
Lt. William Wheeler : I just hope you were polite in there, Daddy.
Gen. Joseph 'Fighting Joe' Wheeler : What if I wasn't? What the hell are they gonna do to me?
Lt. William Wheeler : I just meant that...
Gen. Joseph 'Fighting Joe' Wheeler : Now, you listen to me, boy! I am a US Congressman, I am a volunteer, I am here on the personal request of the President of the United States... and I am a Reb!
Lt. William Wheeler : I understand, Daddy...
Gen. Joseph 'Fighting Joe' Wheeler : Now listen to me very closely... I have got these Yankees by the long johns!
Col. Swayles : General Wheeler! I hope you won't mind this brief intrusion, but I'm Horatio Swayles. I was with the Union cavalry that opposed you in the fighting around Atlanta.
Gen. Joseph 'Fighting Joe' Wheeler : Nice to meet you. This is my son, William. You'll forgive me if I tell you that Atlanta isn't one of my fondest memories.
Col. Swayles : Well, of course...
[the Wheelers walk on]
Gen. Joseph 'Fighting Joe' Wheeler : [to William] I should have killed that son of a bitch long ago to keep him from breeding!