The Lazarus Man (TV Series)
The Boy General (1996)
Maxwell Caulfield: Gen. Custer
Quotes
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Gen. Custer : So what are you doing in this part of the world, mister?
Lazarus (James Cathcart) : Lazarus. I'm looking for someone.
Gen. Custer : Name?
Lazarus (James Cathcart) : Me.
Gen. Custer : Ah, a philosopher. I like that. When you discover him I hope you like what you find.
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Lazarus (James Cathcart) : You seem unconcerned for a man who was almost killed.
Gen. Custer : I've been almost killed many times.
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Gen. Custer : Always ride ahead of your troops, Tom. That way you're the first one to have the adventure.
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Gen. Custer : In the way of every great man is somebody with one more star on his shoulder telling him it can't be done.
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Lazarus (James Cathcart) : Who do you think could be trying to kill you?
Gen. Custer : Everyone who wishes he were me.
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Gen. Custer : Why did you stop me from killing those men?
Lazarus (James Cathcart) : Those men were unarmed prisoners.
Gen. Custer : We execute unarmed prisoners all the time. It's the only way.
Lazarus (James Cathcart) : After a trial. Those men had none.
Gen. Custer : I am their trial. Do you think it really matters when I find them guilty?
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Gen. Custer : Remember what I told you when we met? A wise man would shoot you just to be safe. And I feel myself getting smarter every moment.
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Lazarus (James Cathcart) : You know why those men tried to kill you, general? Because you act like a hot-headed child. You told me you'd like to be a king. Well even kings have a day of reckoning.
Gen. Custer : It may come, Lazarus. But I'll meet it head on. Just like I meet everything else.