A character in The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Colonel Munro quotes from The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Maurice Roëves

4th most-quoted character in The Last of the Mohicans (1992): in 7 of its 33 quotes
Most scenes with: Hawkeye (5), Cora Munro (4), Maj. Heyward (3)

A line from Colonel Munro

Death and honor are thought to be the same, but today I have learned that sometimes they are not.

Scenes with Colonel Munro

6 scenes
[to Major Heyward]

Someday I think you and I are going to have a serious disagreement.

My father's people say that at the birth of the sun and of his brother the moon, their mother died. So the sun gave to the earth her body, from which was to spring all life. And he drew forth from her breast the stars, and the stars he threw into the night sky to remind him of her soul. So there's the Cameron's monument. My folks' too, I guess.

You are right, Mr. Poe. We do not understand what is happening here. And it's not as I imagined it would be, thinking of it in Boston and in London...

You are defending him because you've become infatuated with him!

Duncan, you are a man with a few admirable qualities, but taken as a whole, I was wrong to have thought so highly of you.

They're going to hang you. Why didn't you leave when you had the chance?

Because what I'm interested in is right here.

Why were those people living in this defenseless place?

After seven years indentured service in Virginia, they headed out here 'cause the frontier's the only land available to poor people. Out here, they're beholden to none. Not living by another's leave.

Go ahead.

What the bloody hell plan is this?

I want you to go.

If we go, there's a chance there won't be a fight. There's no powder. If we don't go in that, there's no chance. None. Do you understand?

Coward!

You've done everything you can do. Save yourself. If the worst happens, and only one of us survives, something of the other does too.

No. You stay alive. If they don't kill you, they'll take you north, up to Huron land. Submit, do you hear? You're strong, you survive. You stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far, I will find you!

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