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The Long Gray Line Quotes

"Warms Your Heart! STIRS YOUR BLOOD! and fires your imagination!"

NR 1955 · 2h 18m
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The Long Gray Line
First Impressions of Military Academy Life
Martin Maher What is this place? Is it maybe a prison, or is it a looney house?
Cpl. Rudolph Heinz This is the United States Military Academy.
Martin Maher What a fine ruin it would make!
[glances around]
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The Long Gray Line
Unexpected Help in Unlikely Circumstances
Jim O'Carberry This is Marty Maher. Whitey Larson.
Martin Maher How do you do, sir?
Jim O'Carberry If you have any trouble with horses, drop around and see Marty.
Whitey Larson But he's in the infantry!
Jim O'Carberry Well naturally! He knows horses. You don't think they'd put him in the cavalry, do ya?
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The Long Gray Line
Tradition vs. Reality in American Society
State Governor You work here, Pops?
Martin Maher I do, sir.
State Governor Did it ever occur to you as an American citizen with a vote that a place can be so overgrown with tradition that it loses touch with reality?
Martin Maher Uh, how was that again, sir?
State Governor I'm talking about tradition! Why, those same silly uniforms have been worn for over a hundred years! Now it's time for more realism here and less tradition! Why, man, we're at war! Our boys are dying in battle!
Martin Maher Pardon me, sir, but how old are you?
State Governor Why, 42. I'm the youngest governor in the United States.
Martin Maher Oh, you don't say, sir.
State Governor I do.
Martin Maher Youngest... who do you think is leadin our men in battle? And I mean, leadin em? Standing out there under fire, saying, "Follow me!" Where else would the West Pointers be when there's dying to be done?! And who's making the plans, directing the war? Eisenhower, let us say! ], Joe Stilwell, ] and ]. You think generals like that just happen? They do not. They're made. They're made, Mr. Alderman or Tax Collector! They're made right here at West Point!
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State Governor What's your name?
[''Taking out a notepad'']
Martin Maher Martin Maher, sir. And you'll find the name in the book! There's no use glarin at me like that, Colonel, darlin'. You'd have said the same thing yourself.
[''Calling after the Governor as he leaves''; ''Taking a moment to compose himself, Maher looks up at the plaque honoring Lt. Col. Herman J. Koehler.'']
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The Long Gray Line
A Life Dedicated to West Point
Master Sergeant Martin "Marty" Maher So, you see, sir, it's been my whole life. Everything that I treasure in my heart, living or dead, is at West Point. I wouldn't know where else to go.
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The Long Gray Line
A Legacy at West Point's Military Academy
Opening Credits Title The United States Military Academy at West Point is 153 years old. This is the true story of an enlisted man who was there for 50 of those years. His name is Marty Maher.
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The Long Gray Line
Urgent Retirement Concerns After Fifty Years
President of the United States Good to see you, Marty. What's this all about?
LTG Charles Dotson Marty says his business is pretty urgent, Mr. President.
Martin Maher Urgent, sir? It couldn't be more urgent. They've been counting their fingers, sir, and they find I'm over 70. They want to retire me! After fifty years, the ungrateful... So I got Chuck- I mean General Dotson to fix it for me to see you, sir.
LTG Charles Dotson Fifty years in the Army is a long time, Marty.
Martin Maher It is, sir, but then again it isn't, sir. It took me 30 or 40 years just to get the hang of it, you know. And now that everything is goin smooth, it'd be throwin away my trainin', a waste of the taxpayers money, sir.
[''Starts to light his pipe, but stops.'']
President Go ahead and smoke your pipe, Marty. I'd hardly know you without it.
Martin Maher Thank you, sir. You know, sir, we Mahers take our own time about gettin old. Oh, over 70 I may be, and I wear glasses for fine print these days, and maybe I have put on a pound or two here or there. But I tell you, sir, I'm in better shape now than I was that mornin fifty years ago, when I rode that milk train up the Hudson, not knowin what I was gettin myself into. I walked up that hill, a young lad, fresh off the boat...
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