Rough Riders (1997)

Larry Randolph: Col. Swayles

Quotes 

• 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!