Waterloo (1970) · 28 quotes
Tied for 3rd most-quoted character in Waterloo (1970): in 5 of its 28 quotes
Most scenes with: Napoleon Bonaparte (3)
Up to them. Up to them! Do I fight alone? Are you French? Fight with me! Are you the Guard? Stand with me! Do you know me? I am Ney! Ney, Marshal of France!
Well they've done it! The whole of Europe has declared war against me! Not against France, but against me.
They dignify you sire by making you a Nation!
Dignify? Dignify? They deny me the decency of law! They make it legal that any clown can kill me.
Michel Ney Well we've fought with mud in our boots before!
Yes well, I'll discuss peace over Wellington's dead body, that's my peace table!
King Louis XVIII I know you loved this man.
Michel Ney I did, once. But I promise you, that I will bring him back to Paris in an iron cage. [exits]
King Louis XVIII How they exaggerate, these soldiers, "In an iron cage"? Nobody asked for that.
Cross the river. Tomorrow we will dry our boots in Brussels.
Michel Ney God willing, sire.
God? God has nothing to do with it.
Michel Ney Wellington's on the run! I caught him at Quatre Bras! He's retreating!
If Wellington's retreating, what are you doing here?
Michel Ney But, Sire...
If Wellington's retreating, what are you doing here? Why didn't you follow him? Why didn't you pursue?
Michel Ney where are the reinforcements you promised me?
Don't you dare criticize me! Don't you dare! Don't you see if Wellington's free to choose his ground then everything I've won in this campaign you've lost!
