Welcome Home (1945)
Myron McCormick: Chaplain
Quotes
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Chaplain : I saw democracy overseas as it's only talked about at home. There were no foxhole penthouses for the wealthy, no restricted areas for white Christians only. Brutality is something more than a surface matter revealed by rough beards, bloodshot eyes, strong language, torn clothes, muddy bodies. Real brutality is a lack of imagination, a disregard for the rights of others, the very things we've been fighting to destroy. If there is any suspicion that returning soldiers are not fit for our civilization, I can only say it's an indictment of our civilization, not the soldiers.