“- Mr. Keyes: By your actions, sir, you are risking the future of the human race!
- General Sline: To guarantee the American way of life, I'm willing to take that risk.”
William Prince - Mr. Keyes
Steve Forrest - General Sline

“- Schaffer: Look, Major, this is primarily a British operation. I'm an American. I don't even know why the hell I'm here.
- Maj. Smith: Lieutenant, you're here because you're an American.”
Clint Eastwood - Schaffer
Richard Burton - Maj. Smith

“The Vietnamese... we worked with them, made something, something out of nothing... we want to stay here because it's ours, it belongs to us. It keeps our family together. I mean, we fought for that. While you Americans... you are fighting for the biggest nothing in history!”

Christian Marquand - Hubert de Marais

“I know you hate Americans, but just remember if it wasn't for us, you'd be speaking German right now.”
Jim Belushi - Neil Schwary

“- Claire Simone: Would you stop speaking French? Or whatever language you are speaking?
- James Granger: Well, if it weren't for us, you'd... you'd be speaking German.
- Claire Simone: No. If it was not for you, I might be dead. But I would still be speaking French.”
Cate Blanchett - Claire Simone
Matt Damon - James Granger