Since we replaced the compulsory military draft with an all-volunteer force in 1973, our nation has been making decisions about wars without worry over who fights them. I sincerely believe that reinstating the draft would compel the American public t...
This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier above all other people prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. But always in our ears ring the ominous words of Plato, that wisest of a...
Every form of human conflict may be reduced to precisely the same pattern of mental events. We are all totalitarian despots over our own thoughts, bound to keep our minds in complete control. Control requires security. Security demands war. All war i...
[Last Lines] Caesar: War has... already begun. Ape started war. And human... Human will not forgive. You must go... before fighting begins. I am sorry... my friend. Malcolm: I thought we had a chance. Caesar: I did too.
Uncle Victor: [attempting to interest Harold in military service] The two best wars this country ever fought were against the Gerrys. I say get the Krauts on the other side of the fence where they belong. Let's get back to the kind of enemy worth kil...
Prince Feisal: There's nothing further here for a warrior. We drive bargains. Old men's work. Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men. Courage and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace. And the vices of pea...
Darth Vader: Impressive. Most impressive. Obi-Wan has taught you well. You have controlled your fear. Now, release your anger. Only your hatred can destroy me.
Luke: [clinging to an antennae below Cloud City] Leia... Hear me, Leia... Princess Leia: [in the Falcon] Luke... We've got to go back. Lando: What? Princess Leia: I know where Luke is!
Darth Vader: Yes, Admiral, what is it? Admiral Piett: The Emperor commands you make contact with him. Darth Vader: Move the ship out of the asteroid field so that we can send a clear transmission.
Lando: Lord Vader, we only use this facility for carbon freezing. If you put him in there it might kill him. Darth Vader: I do not want the Emperor's prize damaged. We will test it on Captain Solo.
Lando: Punch it! [Chewbacca attempts to engage the hyperdrive on the Millenium Falcon - it fails. Chewie and Leia both glare at Lando] Lando: They told me they fixed it! I *trusted* them to *fix* it! It's not my fault!
Luke: Never. I'll never turn to the Dark Side. You've failed, your highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me. The Emperor: [angry] So be it... Jedi!
Luke: Threepio, tell them if they don't do as you wish, you'll become angry and use your magic. C-3PO: But, Master Luke, what magic? I couldn't possibly... Luke: Just tell them.
[en route to attack the new Death Star] Lando Calrissian: [to Nien Nunb] Don't worry, my friend's down there. He'll have that shield down in time. [to himself] Lando Calrissian: Or this'll be the shortest offensive of all time.
Luke: Come with me. Leave everything behind. Darth Vader: Obi-Wan once thought as you do. You don't know the power of the Dark Side. I must obey my master.
Luke: I'll meet you back at the fleet. Princess Leia: Hurry. The Alliance should be assembled by now. Luke: I will. Han Solo: Hey, Luke, thanks. Thanks for coming after me. I owe you one.
EV-9D9: Ah, good! New acquisitions. You are a protocol droid, are you not? C-3PO: I am C-3PO, Human... EV-9D9: Yes or no will do. C-3PO: Oh. Well, yes.
[on Kashyyyk, Yoda and the Clone Trooper commander observe the droid amry approaching] Clone Commander Gree: The droids have just started up their main power generators. Yoda: And now, the time is Commander. Clone Commander Gree: Yes sir.
[first title card] Title card: Sierra Leone, 1999 Title card: Civil war rages for control of the diamond fields. Title card: Thousands have died and millions have become refugees. Title card: None of whom has ever seen a diamond.
Narrator: [voice-over] It would require a great philosopher and historian to explain the causes of the famous Seven Years' War in which Europe was engaged and in which Barry's regiment was now on its way to take part. Let it suffice to say, that Engl...
Frank Capra made a series of films during World War II called 'Why We Fight' that explored America's reasons for entering the war. Today, with our troops engaged in Iraq and elsewhere for reasons far less clear, I think it's crucial to ask the questi...
