Rufus T. Firefly: Now that you're Secretary of War, what kind of an army do you think we ought to have? Chicolini: Well, I tell you what I think, I think we should have a standing army. Rufus T. Firefly: Why should we have a standing army? Chicolini:...
Jim: If the Americans land, the Japanese will fight. Dr. Rawlins: You admire the Japanese? Jim: Well, they're brave, aren't they? Dr. Rawlins: That's important, is it, Jim? Jim: It's a good thing if you want to win a war. Dr. Rawlins: But we don't wa...
Title Card: In WW2 American tanks were outgunned and out armored by the more advanced German tanks. US tank crewmen suffered staggering losses against the superior enemy vehicles. Title Card: It is April 1945. The Allies fight deep in the heart of Na...
Raoul Duke: What the fuck? That's fucking machine guns, man, they're firing at us! Machine guns! It's a goddamn war zone, man! Get us out of here, quick! Quick, man! Quick, we're going to be killed, for fuck's sake! Oh no, oh God oh God oh God...
Trip: See the way I figure, I figure this war would be over a whole lot sooner if you boys just turned right on around and headed back on down that way, and you let us head on up there where the real fighting is. 10th Connecticut soldier: We got men ...
Col. Montgomery: [ordering the burning of Darien, Georgia] Prepare your men to light torches! Colonel Robert G. Shaw: I will not! Col. Montgomery: That is an order! Colonel Robert G. Shaw: An immoral order, and by the Articles of War, I am not bound ...
Margaret Bourke-White: Do you really believe you could use non-violence against someone like Hitler? Gandhi: [thinks] Not without defeats, and great pain. But are there no defeats in war? No pain? What you cannot do is accept injustice. From Hitler, ...
Rhett Butler: The right moment everyday. Scarlett: You're a conceited, black heated vulture and I don't know I let you come in and see me. Rhett Butler: I'll tell you why, Scarlett. The war can't last much longer. Scarlett: Really, Rhett. Why? Rhett ...
Irish Singer: [singing] Well, meself and a hundred more, to America sailed o'er, with our fortunes to be made, so we were thinkin' / When we got to Yankee land, they shoved a gun into our hands / Saying "Paddy, you must go and fight for Lincoln."/ Th...
Bard: [to Thranduil after failing to negotiate with Thorin] He will give us nothing. Thranduil: Such a pity. Still, you tried. Bard: I do not understand. Why would he risk open war upon his kingdom? Thranduil: [unsheathes his sword] It is fruitless t...
King George VI: You know, ih... if I'm a... a King, where's my power? Can I... can I form a government? Can I... can I l-levy a tax, declare a... a war? No! And yet I am the seat of all authority. Why? Because... the nation believes that when I s... ...
Pippin: Here do I swear fealty and service to Gondor. In peace or war. In living or dying. F... f... from this hour henceforth, until my lord release me... or death take me. Denethor: And I shall not forget it. Nor fail to reward that which is given....
Malcolm Tucker: When you go to America, talk to Karen Clark at the State Department, yeah? Simon Foster: Right, OK. I'll give it a whirl. Malcolm Tucker: Keep away from Linton Barwick. He's pushing the war for Caulderwood's lot. I'll deal with him. H...
Yuri Orlov: I was an equal opportunity merchant of death. I supplied everyone but the Salvation Army. I sold Israeli-model Uzis to Muslims. I sold Communist-made bullets to Fascists... I even shipped cargo to Afghanistan when they were fighting my fe...
Yuri Orlov: You read the newspapers, Vit? Vitaly Orlov: Newspaper? It's always the same. Yuri Orlov: You're right. Every day there's people shooting each other. You know what I do when I see that? I look to see what guns they're using and I think to ...
Ava Fontaine: I feel like all I've done my whole life is be pretty. I mean, all I've done is be born! I'm a failed actress, a failed artist... I'm not much good as a mother. Come to think of it, I'm not even that pretty anymore. I have failed at ever...
Andre Baptiste Sr.: Welcome to Democracy! Yuri Orlov: Democracy? What have you been drinking Andy? Andre Baptiste Sr.: Heh, you have not seen the news. You know, they accuse me of rigging elections. But after this - [holds up a newspaper with the hea...
Yuri Orlov: Even when I was up against an overzealous agent, I had a number of methods for discouraging a search. I routinely mislabeled my shipments "farm machinery." And I have yet to meet the lowly-paid customs official who will open a container m...
Yuri Orlov: Vitaly, I've tasted your borscht. You're no fucking chef. I can eat in the restaurant for free and I still don't eat there. Vitaly Orlov: Fuck you. Yuri Orlov: We're doing nothing with our lives. I mean, this is shit! This is shit! Vitaly...
Andre Baptiste Sr.: [about his child soldiers] I can see what you are thinking. But we need every man we can get. Yuri Orlov: Even if they're not men? Andre Baptiste Sr.: A bullet from a 14-year-old is just as effective as one from a 40-year-old. Oft...
Zulu War Soldier: Here is better than home, eh, sir? I mean, at home if you kill someone they arrest you, here they'll give you a gun and show you what to do, sir. I mean, I killed fifteen of those buggers. Now, at home they'd hang me, here they'll g...
