General Allenby: I thought I was a hard man, sir.Prince Feisal: You are merely a general. I must be a king.
Colonel Brighton: Look, sir, we can't just do nothing.General Allenby: Why not? It's usually best.
And I must do it because the Turks have European guns. But I fear to do it. Upon my soul I do. The English have a great hunger for desolate places. I fear they hunger for Arabia.
With Major Lawrence, mercy is a passion. With me, it is merely good manners. You may judge which motive is the more reliable.