“Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a mission, and for my sins, they gave me one. Brought it up to me like room service. It was a real choice mission, and when it was over, I never wanted another.”
Martin Sheen - Captain Benjamin L. Willard

“- Capt. John Colby - The Players: England: The whole bloody war's a regrettable mistake.
- Major Karl Von Steiner - The Germans: I agree.”
Sir Michael Caine - Capt. John Colby - The Players: England
Max von Sydow - Major Karl Von Steiner - The Germans

“- Kay: Arquillian battle rules, kid. First we get an ultimatum, then a warning shot, then we have a galactic standard week to respond.
- Jay: A galactic standard week? How the hell long is that?
- Kay: One hour.”
Tommy Lee Jones - Kay
Will Smith - Jay

“Under the Rules of Engagement, a civilian pointing a weapon is no longer a civilian and the use of deadly force is authorized in order to save lives. It's not murder, it's combat.”
Tommy Lee Jones - Hodges

“War implies extreme government because wars are fought to enforce rules or ideals, even freedom. But other people ideals forced on someone else, even if it is something like freedom, is still a rule; not anarchy.”
Matthew Lillard - Stevo