Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

Sean McClory: Dr. O'Carberry

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• Dr. O'Carberry : Listen to me, Miss Wright. You're a Quaker and you're dedicated to self-sacrifice. Well, I'm dedicated to self-preservation. You know, you want me to go out there, don't you? Yeah, and take me future, me career and me pension... and throw it down the drain. Is that what you want, huh? Yeah, well... that's exactly what I'm going to do.

• Dr. O'Carberry : [quote]  The whole truth of the matter is that you let this become a test of wills between you and the Cheyenne. You have made it your own personal fight!

  Capt. Oskar Wessels : You are a liar! You lie! Nothing I have done is personal. I am a soldier. I was a soldier in Prussia and I am a soldier here! All my life I have given and taken orders! What would this world be without orders? Anarchy! Chaos! I will not let that start here. And you... You... I will not let you spread these lies!

• Dr. O'Carberry : The question is, do you want to be responsible?

  Capt. Oskar Wessels : I am responsible for nothing, none of them had to die. They could have walked out of there any time they liked. I have simply been the instrument of an order, an order I did not agree with.

  Dr. O'Carberry : You say that as if you memorized it.

  Capt. Oskar Wessels : Why do you talk to me? Why don't you talk to the Indians? That is where the blame is. Any time! Any time, they could have ended this.

  Dr. O'Carberry : First it was the headquarters, now it's the Indians. Everybody is to blame but you!

• Capt. Thomas Archer : You claim to be a doctor. You gonna let him put those women and children in a warehouse at 10 below zero? What are you gonna do about it?

  Dr. O'Carberry : What are you gonna do about it?