Colonel Brighton: Look, sir, we can't just do nothing.General Allenby: Why not? It's usually best.
Being an Arab will be thornier than you suppose, Harith!
So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people - greedy, barbarous, and cruel, as you are.
General Allenby: You acted without orders, you know.T.E. Lawrence: Shouldn't officers use their initiative at all times?General Allenby: Not really. It's awfully dangerous.