Le colonel Jacinthe Chabert aka Jacinthe 'the beggar':
The war is a terrible thing.

Delbecq:
Yes, but someone has to defend the fatherland.

Le colonel Jacinthe Chabert aka Jacinthe 'the beggar':
Monsieur, I am an old soldier and I think! After everything that I've seen, I shall say that the word "patriotism" means nothing against the word "humanism".