The Last Castle
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:53:02
He's building a structure of loyalty.
He's offering them self-respect,

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in exchange for obedience.
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The general is building
himself an army.

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He can have their hearts and minds, sir.
As long as we got 'em by the balls.

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- Well put, Corporal.
- Thank you, sir.

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- Captain.
- [ Cocks Gun ]

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- Bring him to my office.
- Who, sir?

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- The prince of Venezuela.
Who do you think?
- General Irwin?

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Mr. Irwin.
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[Winter] When you first arrived,
I asked you a question.
I need to ask again.

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What do you want from your time
here at the castle, Mr. Irwin?

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And my answer is the same
as it was then.

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Do my time. Go home.
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So you say, but everything
you have done has contradicted that.

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[ Sighs ] These men are not here
for unpaid parking fines and traffic--

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I'm under no illusion why
the men are here, Colonel.

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I just think they might
be reminded...

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about some of the good things they've
done, rather than only the worst.

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Yes, that is-- that is something
my predecessor used to say.

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In his last two years here there
were seven escape attempts,

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twelve injury assaults on officers
and N.C.O.s, including one killed.

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Since I've assumed command,
there have been zero escape attempts,

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zero injury assaults,
zero fatalities.

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Some may question
my methods, but they do work.

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No soldier has ever died needlessly
under my command, Mr. Irwin.

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See, I, too, share
the burden of command.

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You may not think that
I've ever set foot on a battlefield,

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but that's because you've never
sat behind this desk-- this desk.

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My men and I are
vastly outnumbered.

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We spend every day
behind enemy lines.

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Because, make no mistake about it,
Mr. Irwin, they are the enemy.

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But I don't need to justify
myself to you, do I?

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I don't know.
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Do you?
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This wall...

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