Walter Cronkite credited as playing...
Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin: Sir, I will tell you what I've told others just like you a hundred times: Congress gave me no power to hire officers.
- French Officer: But I *am* of merit!
- Benjamin Franklin: Sir, you knowing that you are of merit is a good and pleasing thing, but it does not mean it is known to everybody.
- French Officer: You insult me! I am of exceptional merit! Hmph!
- [storms out]
- Benjamin Franklin: Heaven forbid he has the price of passage. If Congress continues promoting these fools into officers, we will surely lose the war.