There's no chance for people like us to go back to England, give Bligh a bad name and walk free men ourselves. And anyone who thinks otherwise hasn't got the sense that God gave geese.
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Fletcher Christian There'll be no more killing aboard this ship, not even Captain Bligh.
Captain Bligh If that's an attempt to earn clemency, I spit on it.
Fletcher Christian You remarkable pig. You can thank whatever pig god you pray to that you haven't turned me into a murderer.
Captain William Bligh Now don't mistake me. I'm not advising cruelty or brutality with no purpose. My point is that cruelty with purpose is not cruelty - it's efficiency. Then a man will never disobey once he's watched his mate's backbone laid bare. He'll see the flesh jump, hear the whistle of the whip for the rest of his life.
Captain William Bligh It is a matter of supernatural indifference to me whether you contaminate the natives or the natives contaminate you. I have but one concern - our mission. Let one of you provoke an incident which endangers it and I shall cause that man to curse his mother for giving him birth.
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