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Mutiny on the Bounty Quotes

Lt. Fletcher Christian: He doesn't punish men for discipline. He likes to see men crawl.

Captain William Bligh: Can you understand this, Mr. Byam? Discipline is the thing. A seaman's a seaman. A captain's a captain. And a midshipman, Sir Joseph or no Sir Joseph, is the lowest form of animal life in the British Navy.

Lt. Fletcher Christian: When you're back in England with the fleet again, you'll hear the hue and cry against me. From now on they'll spell mutiny with my name.

Captain William Bligh: During the recent heavy weather, I've had the opportunity to watch all of you at work on deck and aloft. You don't know wood from canvas! And it seems you don't want to learn! Well, I'll have to give you a lesson.

Byam: Captain Bligh, you've told your story of mutiny on the Bounty, how men plotted against you, seized your ship, cast you adrift in an open boat, a great venture in science brought to nothing, two British ships lost. But there's another story, Captain Bligh, of ten cocoanuts and two cheeses. A story of a man who robbed his seamen, cursed them, flogged them, not to punish but to break their spirit. A story of greed and tyranny, and of anger against it, of what it cost.

Captain William Bligh: What's your name? Seaman Thomas Ellison: Thomas Ellison, sir. Pressed into service. I've got a wife, a baby! Captain William Bligh: I asked your name, not the history of your misfortunes.

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Movie Quotes

1930s Oscar Winners for Best Picture:
1939: Gone with the Wind
1938: You Can't Take It with You
1937: The Life of Emile Zola
1936: The Great Ziegfeld
1935: Mutiny on the Bounty
1934: It Happened One Night
1932-1933: Cavalcade
1931-1932: Grand Hotel
1930-1931: Cimarron
1929-1930: All Quiet on the Western Front

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