Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
Tim Holt: Fritz Robinson
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William Robinson : I've been thinking a great deal the last few months about this world we live in. We call it civilized. And yet men are using their energy to destroy one another. A little man with an insane ambition has set out to conquer Europe. It doesn't matter to him that a million young men will be killed and maimed because of him. And that man is a hero to one of my sons.
Fritz Robinson : You can't deny Napoleon is a great man, sir.
William Robinson : But I do deny it. Napoleon is a great militarist.
[Pointing to Jesus]
William Robinson : He was a great man.
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William Robinson : Because of your schooling, I've seen very little of you lads since we've lived in England. And what I have seen I don't particularly admire.
Elizabeth Robinson : Every family sends one son into the Army and, of course, Fritz would never really join Napoleon. Jack will marry the Lady Angela and become a great figure in society. And Ernest, he will become a famous scholar.
William Robinson : One son whose profession is to kill. He doesn't care on which side so long as he can kill. Another who idolizes fops and wastrels and would be content to live in idleness on a woman's money. And another who is rather a priggish little bookworm. And one who thinks profoundly, I'm sure, but he refuses to speak until it's funny things.
Elizabeth Robinson : William, that's not just. They're splendid boys.
William Robinson : I venture to disagree. I love my sons deeply, but I don't approve the standard by which they live.
Fritz Robinson : Why, sir?
William Robinson : Because I believe a man should create, not destroy. He should build if it's only a roof to give him shelter. A garden to give him food; and a loom to make us clothing. Well, on this earth, there are places we can live such a life. In peace and honor God.. Where my sons can learn to be men.
Elizabeth Robinson : William, what are you saying?
William Robinson : That we are leaving for a new land.