Santa Fe Trail (1940)

Ronald Reagan: George Armstrong Custer

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• George Armstrong Custer : They're running! They're getting away!

  James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart : No they're not. We're going after them!

  George Armstrong Custer : Hey, wait a minute! They outnumber us three to one!

  James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart : Well, if it makes you nervous, don't count 'em.

• George Armstrong Custer : You know, the first time I saw you at the graduation I thought of what Napoleon said when he first met Josephine.

  Kit Carson Holliday : What was that?

  James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart : He said, "I never knew this savage land they call America could breath such perfect beauty in mortal form."

  Kit Carson Holliday : Oh. Thank you. That's a lovely line.

  James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart : Yes, isn't it? George has been using it for years.

• George Armstrong Custer : You were going to tell me something more about Kansas.

  James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart : Yes, what do you do on Saturday nights for fun here?

  Kit Carson Holliday : Well, as I remember, half of Leavenworth takes a bath another the half gets drunk. And since there are only two bathtubs in town, things get kind of exciting around midnight.

• James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart : By the way, how did they ever came to name you Kit Carson Holliday?

  Kit Carson Holliday : Well, Mr. Carson and my dad were very good friends. And they were so sure I was going to be a boy that they named me before I was born.

  James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart : Oh, I see. Well, I'm certainly glad they were wrong.

  George Armstrong Custer : Me too.

  James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart : Me too.

  Kit Carson Holliday : Me too!

• James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart : The boy is badly hurt. It's his father's madness really striking home now.

  George Armstrong Custer : Jeb, there's a purpose behind that madness. One that can't easily be dismissed.

  James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart : George, you've seen the needle on a compass, haven't you? It's got a whole car to swing around in but it always wobbles back to the North.

  George Armstrong Custer : What are you driving at?

  James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart : Just this. I've always known where your sympathies lay, but it never affected our friendship and it never will. But it isn't our job to decide who's right and who's wrong about slavery anymore than it is John Brown's.

  George Armstrong Custer : I guess you're right, Jeb. I'm sorry.

• George Armstrong Custer : They're getting away.

  James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart : No, they're not. We're going after them!

  George Armstrong Custer : Hey, wait a minute. They outnumber us three to one.

  James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart : Well, if it makes you nervous, don't count them. Come on.

• James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart : Hello, handsome.

  George Armstrong Custer : Oh, hi, Jeb.

  James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart : My! You're a dream tonight.

• George Armstrong Custer : I don't trust you Southern boys in the moon light.