Jorge: Don't you have any principles?
Reg: Of course not!
Jorge: No morality?
Reg: I'm a very moral man, and Italy is a very moral country. That's why we will certainly come out on top again if we succeed in being defeated.
Jorge: You talk like a madman.
Reg: But I live like a sane one. I was a fascist when Mussolini was on top. Now that he has been deposed, I am anti-fascist. When the Germans were here, I was fanatically pro-German. Now I'm fanatically pro-American. You'll find no more loyal partisan in all of Italy than myself.
Jorge: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Reg: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
Jorge: How do you know?
Reg: Because I am 107-years-old. How old are you?
Jorge: I'll be 20 in January.
Reg: If you live.