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.
My lord, I think... I think your book is right. 'The desert is an ocean in which no oar is dipped' and on this ocean the Bedu go where they please and strike where they please. This is the way the Bedu have always fought. You're famed throughout the world for fighting in this way and this is the way you should fight now!
Prince Feisal: Ah yes, then Lawrence is a sword with two edges... we are equally glad to be rid of him are we not?General Allenby: I thought I was a hard man, sir.Prince Feisal: You are merely a General... I must be a king.
