“One thing about Americans: we're not cut out to be occupiers. We're...” – Col. Tad Lawson, Judgment at Nuremberg ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Judgment at Nuremberg 1961

Col. Tad Lawson Richard Widmark

One thing about Americans: we're not cut out to be occupiers. We're new at it and not very good at it.

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