Lawrence of Arabia Monologues

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

I killed two people. One was... yesterday? He was just a boy and I led him into quicksand. The other was... well, before Aqaba. I had to execute him with my pistol, and there was something about it that I didn't like.

There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians.

My friends, we have been foolish. Auda will not come to Aqaba. Not for money...

…for Feisal…

...nor to drive away the Turks. He will come... because it is his pleasure.

I'm not hurt at all. Didn't you know? They can only kill me with a golden bullet.

So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people - greedy, barbarous, and cruel, as you are.

My name is for my friends. None of my friends is a murderer!

My lord, I think… I think your book is right. 'The desert is an ocean in which no oar is dipped' and on this ocean the Bedu go where they please and strike where they please. This is the way the Bedu have always fought. You're famed throughout the world for fighting in this way and this is the way you should fight now!

I pray that I may never see the desert again. Hear me, God.

I cannot fiddle but I can make a great state of a small city.

The truth is: I'm an ordinary man. You might've told me that, Dryden.

The best of them won't come for money; they'll come for me.

A thousand Arabs means a thousand knives, delivered anywhere day or night. It means a thousand camels. That means a thousand packs of high explosives and a thousand crack rifles. We can cross Arabia while Johnny Turk is still turning round, and smash his railways. And while he's mending them, I'll smash them somewhere else. In thirteen weeks, I can have Arabia in chaos.

No, they're still there, but they've no boots. Prisoners, sir. We took them prisoners; the entire garrison. No, that's not true. We killed some; too many, really. I'll manage it better next time. There's been a lot of killing, one way or another.

Cross my heart and hope to die, it's all perfectly true.