The Conqueror (1956)

John Wayne: Temujin

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• Temujin : I feel this Tartar woman is for me, and my blood says, take her. There are moments for wisdom and moments when I listen to my blood; my blood says, take this Tartar woman.

• [His bride-to-be tries to escape] 

  Temujin : I stole you. I will keep you. Before the sun sets you will come willingly to my arms.

• Temujin : While I live, while my blood burns hot, your daughter is not safe in her tent.

• Temujin : Dance for me, Tartar woman.

• Hunlun : She will bring woe to you and your people, my son! A woman made wife against her will can be a dangerous foe!

  Temujin : For good or ill - she is my destiny.

• Temujin : The tartar woman stays with me, Jamuga.

• Bortai : For me, there is no peace while you live, Mongol.

  Temujin : You're beautiful in your wrath.

• [Surrounded by his enemies] 

  Temujin : Come and take me, mongrels - if you dare. While I have fingers to grasp a sword, and eyes to see your cowardly faces, your treacherous heads will not be safe on your shoulders. For I am Temujin, the Conqueror. No prison can hold me, no army defeat me.

• Temujin : We'll chase them like rats across the tundra.

• Temujin : See to the sharing of the booty.

• Temujin : She is a woman - much woman. Should her perfidy be less than that of other women?