- President Ulysses S. Grant: If the President of the United States believed you were a coward, he wouldn't sent you on this mission.
- Jason McCord: Then I'd better not suggest a brandy before we go.
- General Joshua McCord: Brandy? That's medicine, son, a real tonic.
- Jason McCord: Thought the doctor said it was bad for your liver.
- General Joshua McCord: My liver was weaned on brandy, sound as a dollar.
- Brissac: When you are going to lead us, you will need an officer's uniform. Let's see, Lieutenant, no, oh, here's a Colonel's jacket. See you at reverie, Colonel.