Sanders of the River (1935)

Leslie Banks: Commissioner R.G. Sanders

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• Bosambo : Lord Sandi, I lie to anybody if I think it is good for me. But, I will never lie to you.

  Commissioner R.G. Sanders : That will be very wise, Bosambo.

• Commissioner R.G. Sanders : For heaven's sake, stop thinking about that Victoria Cross of yours. What you're in for is tramping through swamps and jungles. Any decoration you'll get: mosquito bites.

• Commissioner R.G. Sanders : Didn't you know that no man can be Chief in the River Territories without my permission?

  Bosambo : I knew, Lord.

  Commissioner R.G. Sanders : Well?

  Bosambo : But, I also knew that you also knew that I made myself Chief.

• Bosambo : Lord Sandi, you rule two million people along the river; but, there is only one man who will not run away when he see's the ostrisch feathers of the old King's warriors.

  Commissioner R.G. Sanders : And you are that one man?

  Bosambo : I am the one man, Lord.

• King Mofolaba : I'm the greatest king in these countries.

  Commissioner R.G. Sanders : My King is the greatest king on earth! And if little kings and chiefs disobey his orders - I'll plow them into the ground!

• Commissioner R.G. Sanders : Ten years ago, when we went upstream, we couldn't stay on the deck of a ship. When we got near the shore, a shard of arrows poured on us. All over the territory, the same thing. War, killing, torture. No woman dared leave her village and no man could sleep safely in his house.

  J. Ferguson : And yet, crossing the territories now is just as safe as crossing Londontown.

  Commissioner R.G. Sanders : Oh, much safer! No traffic.

• King Mofolaba : Lord Sandi, you promised we should keep our custom. Its an old custom in our lands to buy women.

  Commissioner R.G. Sanders : Yes, if the woman and the father consent. But, slavery I won't have, King Mofolaba!

• Lilongo : I'm a Muhammadan.

  Bosambo : Oh, so am I!

  Commissioner R.G. Sanders : What?

  Lilongo : They said you were a Christian?

  Bosambo : I'm a Christian for Lord Sandi. But, for you, I shall be of the true faith.

  Commissioner R.G. Sanders : Well, you better make up your mind about it.

• Commissioner R.G. Sanders : Ten days ago when I left you, your words were sweeter than honey of wild bees. But, what is the truth?

• Bosambo : Lord Sandi, I've learnt the secret of government from your lordship.

  Commissioner R.G. Sanders : You have?

  Bosambo : It is this: a king ought not to be feared, but, loved by his people.