“None of us wants to do this.” – Portuguese Soldier, The Mission ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from The Mission 1986

Portuguese Soldier

[Upon seeing the mission, and hearing the Guaraní singing during mass]

None of us wants to do this.

Portuguese Commander

[On the verge of crying]

I'm not interested. Take your position!

More from The Mission

Cabeza I cannot and will not accept a challenge from a priest. His cloth protects him. Mendoza My cloth protects *you*! Altamirano So, your Holiness. Now your priests are dead, and I am left alive. But in truth it is I who am dead, and they who live. For as always, your Holiness. The spirit of the dead will survive in the memory of the living. Altamirano Tell them they must leave the missions. They must submit to the will of God. Gabriel They say it was the will of God that they came out of the jungle and built the mission. They don't understand why God has changed his mind.