Band of Angels (1957)

Rex Reason: Capt. Seth Parton

Quotes 

• Miss Idell : Big, aren't you. Strong as a bull, I imagine.

  Capt. Seth Parton : My strength is of the spirit, Miss Idell.

  Miss Idell : Maybe so, Seth, but if your muscles ever get to wrestling with your spirit, I'll buy a ticket to the contest.

  Capt. Seth Parton : Good day.

• Capt. Seth Parton : I declare to you, sir, my burning belief in the natural equality of all humans.

  Aaron Starr : I'm not prepared for debate, sir. But, I believe you would agree that my slaves are treated kindly.

  Capt. Seth Parton : That's it, sir. That's just it! Kindness can be the mask for evil. The kindness of deluded persons ensnared in the works of wickedness, where indulgence rivets the shackle.

• Amantha Starr : Doesn't she play divinely?

  Capt. Seth Parton : If you like arias of unbridled passion.

• Capt. Seth Parton : Truth gives pain sometimes. That doesn't mean I lack regard for the one who might be hurt.

• Capt. Seth Parton : Some music lifts the soul. Some expresses a baser instincts.

• Capt. Seth Parton : There is the unsullied happiness of virtue and good works and the sanctified happiness of marriage. Aside from these conditions, man's only true joy is self-denial.

  Amantha Starr : I always thought a woman was.

• Capt. Seth Parton : My dear Amantha, I've just been entrusted with a great crusade. It'll take me all over two counties.

• Capt. Seth Parton : Did you expect to deceive Ethan by falsifying that document? By the lie that you're white? I know him well, his family. What they'd fight for and what they'd take into their home are two different matters. What if he knew that - you're a Negress?