Yesterday, Lee and I were talking about what film to use for this week’s MMQ. When The Magnificent Seven came up, we took a gander at the script. Both of us are big fans, but were surprised at just how good the script really is. After some debate, we opted for this passage.
Village Boy 2: We’re ashamed to live here. Our fathers are cowards.
O’Reilly (Charles Bronson): Don’t you ever say that again about your fathers, because they are not cowards. You think I am brave because I carry a gun; well, your fathers are much braver because they carry responsibility, for you, your brothers, your sisters, and your mothers. And this responsibility is like a big rock that weighs a ton. It bends and it twists them until finally it buries them under the ground. And there’s nobody says they have to do this. They do it because they love you, and because they want to. I have never had this kind of courage. Running a farm, working like a mule every day with no guarantee anything will ever come of it. This is bravery. That’s why I never even started anything like that… that’s why I never will.
