The Bridge on the River Kwai - Colonel Saito's Resentment Towards the British
Col. Saito:
I hate the British! You are defeated, but you have no shame. You are stubborn, but have no pride. You endure, but you have no courage. I hate the British!
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The Bridge on the River Kwai - Confronting Honor and Leadership in Warfare
Col. Saito: [after Nicholson objects to the above speech by trying to point out what the Geneva Convention specifies]
You speak to me of code? What code?! The Coward's Code! What do you know of the Soldier's Code? Of Bushido? Nothing! You are unworthy of command!
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The Bridge on the River Kwai - Colonel Saito's Orders to Prisoners
Col. Saito:
Attention, English prisoners! Notice I do not say "English soldiers". From the moment you surrendered, you ceased to be soldiers. You will finish the bridge by the twelfth day of May. You will work under the direction of a Japanese engineer, Lieutenant Miura. Time is short. All men will work. Your officers will work beside you. This is only just. For it is they who betray you by surrender. Your shame is their dishonour. It is they who told you: Better to live like a coolie than die like a hero. It is they who brought you here, not I. Therefore, they will join you in useful labour. That is all.
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The Bridge on the River Kwai - Colonel Saito's Welcome to Camp 16
Col. Saito: [speaking to Nicholson for the first time; to the British prisoners]
I am Colonel Saito. In the name of His Imperial Majesty, I welcome you. I am the commanding officer of this camp, which is Camp 16 along the great railroad which will soon connect Bangkok with Rangoon. You British prisoners have been chosen to build a bridge across the River Kwai. It will be pleasant work, requiring skill, and officers will work as well as men. The Japanese Army cannot have idle mouths to feed. If you work hard, you will be treated well, but if you do not work hard, you will be punished! A word to you about escape: there is no barbed wire, no stockade, no watch tower. They are not necessary. We are an island in the jungle. Escape is impossible. You would die. Today you rest. Tomorrow you will begin. Let me remind you of General Yamashita's motto: be happy in your work. Dismissed!
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