Rough Riders (TV Mini Series)
Episode #1.1 (1997)
Gary Busey: Gen. Joseph Wheeler
Quotes
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Gen. Joseph Wheeler : [after his horse was shot] I haven't had a horse shot out from under me in 30 years.
[sigh]
Gen. Joseph Wheeler : It's still a Thrill.
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Secretary of State John Hay : General, you were one of the finest cavalry officers in the Confederacy.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler : [shakes his head] Let me tell you something... Bedford Forrest had 32 horses shot out from under him, but he killed 33 Yankees.
[chuckles]
Gen. Joseph Wheeler : Forrest was better!
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Gen. Joseph Wheeler : [eating a stew] You stole this hog!
[makes oinking noises, to the consternation of Wood and Roosevelt]
Eli : We caught the gator and the snake.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler : Snake?
Eli : Footless animal stew, sir.
[chuckles]
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Gen. Shafter : Our transport ships haven't even got here yet! And now I hear supplies are still aboard trains? And our quartermaster tells me he has no idea WHICH trains! I've never seen anything like it. My God, I've never seen anything like it in my lifetime!
Gen. Joseph Wheeler : That's because nothing like this has ever happened in your lifetime.
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Gen. Joseph Wheeler : [to McKinley] But don't worry too much about them people in the South. there's nothing they like better than a good fight.
[laughs]
Gen. Joseph Wheeler : Good day.
[He starts to leave]
Gen. Joseph Wheeler : Oh, we don't even celebrate the Fourth of July.
[Guffaws]
Gen. Joseph Wheeler : Maybe after this, we will.