Gentlemen of the court, there are times that I'm ashamed to be a member of the human race and this is one such occasion.
There are few things more fundamentally encouraging and stimulating than seeing someone else die.
General Broulard: Colonel Dax, you're a disappointment to me. You've spoiled the keenness of your mind by wallowing in sentimentality. You really did want to save those men, and you were not angling for Mireau's command. You are an idealist... and I pity you as I would the village idiot. We're fighting a war, Dax, a war that we've got to win. Those men didn't fight, so they were shot. You bring charges against General Mireau, so I insist that he answer them. Wherein have I done wrong?Colonel Dax: Because you don't know the answer to that question. I pity you.