The Alamo (1960)
Richard Boone: Gen. Sam Houston
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Quotes
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Gen. Sam Houston : Where's Jim Bowie?
Captain James Butler Bonham : He's indisposed, sir.
Gen. Sam Houston : Indisposed? By God if you mean drunk, you say drunk, sir!
Captain James Butler Bonham : He's drunk, sir!
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Gen. Sam Houston : I hope they remember. I hope Texas remembers.
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Gen. Sam Houston : Travis, I've never been able to like you. But you are one of the very few men I would trust with the life of Texas.
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Gen. Sam Houston : Mr. Travis, are you going to complain to me about Jim Bowie?
Colonel William Barret Travis : Not complain, sir.
Gen. Sam Houston : Of course Jim Bowie's drunk. He took this town from General Cos. He fought a battle and now he's drunk. Seems kinda natural to me. Or are you questioning something other than Bowie's drinking? Are you going to tell me that he's got a lot of acreage down here? That he married into Mexican aristocracy?
Colonel William Barret Travis : Yes sir.
Gen. Sam Houston : Travis, I would trust Jim Bowie with my life. More than that I would trust him with the lives of my family, and more than that I would trust him with the life of Texas.
Colonel William Barret Travis : Sir!
Gen. Sam Houston : That's all, Travis.
[Travis turns to leave]
Gen. Sam Houston : Travis.I've never been able to like you. But you are also one of the very few men I would trust with the life of Texas.
Colonel William Barret Travis : For that, sir, thank you.
Gen. Sam Houston : And it may very well be... that that life rest in your hands.