"We should remember the high price that will be paid if the very foundation of modern society is destroyed."
"Who would make sure that the Statue of David is still standing and the Mona Lisa is still smiling? Who would be their protector?"
"They'd tell us that with this many people dying, who cares about art? They're wrong, because that's exactly what we're fighting for, for our culture and for our way of life. You can wipe out a generation of people, you can burn their homes to the ground, and somehow they'll still come back. But if you destroy their achievements and their history, then it's like they never existed. Just ash floating. That's what Hitler wants."
"Will you stop speaking in French? Or whatever language you are speaking."^^
"I have one question. You said the Madonna.
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Yes, sir, the Bruges Madonna.
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Michelangelo made it, right?
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Yes, sir.
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And you lost man trying to save it.
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Donald Jeffries.
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You think it was worth it, for a piece of art? Do you think Jeffries would say it was worth it, if he could speak?
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If he could speak. .. I think he would.
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Do you think 30 years from now, anyone's going to remember that these men died for a piece of art?
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Yeah.”
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