Red Dawn (1984)

Lane Smith: Mayor Bates

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• Mayor Bates : [in Mayor Bates' office, where he is being questioned by Colonel Bella]  Daryl, he wouldn't hurt a fly. I know my son, Colonel. He's not the guerrilla type.

  Colonel Ernesto Bella : According to records, Mayor... your son is a prominent student leader.

  Mayor Bates : Yes, well... he's a leader, but not in a violent or physical way. You see, Daryl... he's more of a politician, like his father.

  Colonel Ernesto Bella : A member of an elite paramilitary organization: "Eagle Scouts."

  Mayor Bates : Yes, but that's not military. If he's alive, he's scared, he's hungry... and he's just as anxious to avoid conflicts as you and me. He's not a troublemaker.

  Colonel Ernesto Bella : Then who is?

  Mayor Bates : It runs in some of the families.

  Colonel Ernesto Bella : [to an aide-de-camp; in Spanish]  This community is indeed fortunate to have a shepherd like him.

  Mayor Bates : Well, I just want to see this thing through, Colonel.