Six million of our people have recently been murdered. Would you like us to try for seven?
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Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus:
Would you give up everything you love to fight an insane war for a little country that's gonna get its brains blown out in a couple of weeks? Maj. Safir:
If it were my country. Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus:
Maybe it's yours, but... it isn't mine. Maj. Safir:
But you are a Jew. Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus:
I'm an American, Major. That's my religion. The last time I was in Temple I was 13 years old. I made a speech and got 42 fountain pens. I don't have to go again. I've got enough fountain pens. Maj. Safir:
Colonel, I'm asking you, as an American. What do you say in your schools when you salute your flag? "Liberty and justice for all"? Is it only for all of you? Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus:
Don't give me history lessons! Maj. Safir:
Six million of our people have recently been murdered. Would you like us to try for seven?
Would you give up everything you love to fight an insane war for a little country that's gonna get its brains blown out in a couple of weeks? Maj. Safir:
If it were my country. Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus:
Maybe it's yours, but... it isn't mine. Maj. Safir:
But you are a Jew. Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus:
I'm an American, Major. That's my religion. The last time I was in Temple I was 13 years old. I made a speech and got 42 fountain pens. I don't have to go again. I've got enough fountain pens. Maj. Safir:
Colonel, I'm asking you, as an American. What do you say in your schools when you salute your flag? "Liberty and justice for all"? Is it only for all of you? Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus:
Don't give me history lessons! Maj. Safir:
Six million of our people have recently been murdered. Would you like us to try for seven?
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If you people can pull together you have a fighting chance
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But it's going to take organization and an operational plan of battle
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I happen to serve on the general staff of the largest army in the Western world
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Whatever I learned behind that desk
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might be useful to you
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Now do you want me to go or stay
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I haven't unpacked my bags
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You must be hungry It's nearly 3 00 a m
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I'm sorry vegetables and sour cream
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Movie Summary
In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.
