Glory (1989)
Richard Riehle: Quartermaster
Quotes
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[Shaw enters the quartermaster's office while some of his soldiers guard the door]
Kendric, quatermaster : Morning, Colonel. Change your mind about that bottle?
Colonel Robert G. Shaw : I want 600 pairs of shoes and 1200 pairs of socks... and anything else you've been holding out on us, you piece of rat filth!
Kendric, quatermaster : I don't have any.
Colonel Robert G. Shaw : Not for niggers you don't!
Kendric, quatermaster : Not for anybody.
Colonel Robert G. Shaw : I see. I'll just look around to see if you haven't misplaced them!
[He begins to smash up the place]
Kendric, quatermaster : HEY!
Colonel Robert G. Shaw : You son of a bitch!
[smashes the place even more]
Kendric, quatermaster : Goddamn it, you can't...!
Colonel Robert G. Shaw : Can't I? I'm a colonel, you nasty little cuss! You think you can keep 700 Union soldiers without proper shoes because you think it's *funny*? Now, where would that power come from?