Quotes
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California Joe Milner : I think you're gamblin' an awful lot on a uniform.
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer : West Point and the old school spirit, huh, California? Well, I'll tell you something. The uniform does mean something to me, and I think to Moreno, too. A man with a record like he has...
California Joe Milner : A man can change if he's got a reason.
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer : Have we given him a reason?
California Joe Milner : Well, I don't think we had to give him a reason. I think he was born with one.
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer : Then blood is stronger than duty, honor, and friendship?
California Joe Milner : Well, I've always said that blood's thicker than water, and I reckon it's stronger than a uniform.
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer : Well, I don't think so, California. Because if that's true, then there won't be an end to this fighting. This war or any other. A man can change, learn, and be something better.
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Sgt. James Bustard : Do you think the Colonel made it?
California Joe Milner : Sergeant, them newspapermen back east been talkin' about Custer's luck even before the Civil War.
Sgt. James Bustard : Yeah, but your luck's been known to change, California, and when it does, it's bad luck all the way.
California Joe Milner : If I was you, I'd say a little prayer that this ain't the time and the place that it changes.