“- Major General: Damn cheek! With women leading our armies we'll never have a good war again.
- Mabel Stanley: So true! So true.”
Bill Kerr - Major General
Kristy McNichol - Mabel Stanley

“- Robert McNamara: A blockade is technically an act of war; therefore we recommend calling the action a quarantine.
- Kenny O'Donnell: Let's hope that translates into Russian the way we want it to.”
Dylan Baker - Robert McNamara
Kevin Costner - Kenny O'Donnell

“Come on - three commanders. One ship. I don't think that's gonna work. There's not enough rocket fuel in the world to get those egos off the ground.”
Don Cheadle - Luke Graham

“- Porter: Who makes the decisions?
- Carter: Well, a committee would make the decision in this case...
- Porter: One man... you go high enough you always come to one man... who?”
Mel Gibson - Porter
William Devane - Carter

“- Mr. Henderson: Do they know something we don't?
- Dr. Allen Chamberlain: They are led by a woman. What does a woman know?”
Stephen Dunham - Mr. Henderson
Jonathan Hyde - Dr. Allen Chamberlain