- General Frank Savage: Tell you something, Doc: nobody ever wins a war; some just lose more than others.
- Col. Max Richter: I've been told German officers such as myself, have lost step with the times. I think that is correct. And I think it is times, that are wrong. I'm hoping that you will reconsider and let me take General Savage and his men back to the prison camp.
- Capt. Staufman: The execution order stands. There must be a warning for the other prisoners before they attempt an escape of their own.
- Col. Max Richter: Staufman, as brutal as these times are, there still must be some rules. And those to see that the rules are carried out. One of those rules is that even in war amongst civilized men, there still exists honor. It is a shame you did not learn this...
- [pulling his pistol on Straufman]