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In Godfather II, Michael Corleone mentions the Cuban Revolution to the mobsters in bed with the government plotting to take over the gambling resorts: "It occurred to me: The soldiers are paid to fight. The rebels aren't."
Hyman Roth: "What does that tell you?"
"They could win"
Hyman Roth: "What does that tell you?"
"They could win"
"I assure you this: We will tolerate no guerrillas in the casinos and the swimming pools," a Cuban official jokes as he courts investment from the gangsters. But Michael is skeptical, especially when his car is stuck in traffic: He sees police try & fail to arrest a revolutionary
"I saw an interesting thing happen today. A rebel was being arrested by the military police," he tells his fellow gangsters.
"And rather than being taken alive, he exploded a grenade he had hidden in his jacket. He killed himself and he took a captain of the command with him."
"And rather than being taken alive, he exploded a grenade he had hidden in his jacket. He killed himself and he took a captain of the command with him."
The mobsters laugh: "The rebels are lunatics"
Maybe so," says Corleone. "But it occurred to me: The soldiers are paid to fight. The rebels aren't."
"What does that tell you?"
"They could win," Corleone says.
We can win, comrades. We can win.
Maybe so," says Corleone. "But it occurred to me: The soldiers are paid to fight. The rebels aren't."
"What does that tell you?"
"They could win," Corleone says.
We can win, comrades. We can win.
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