“The way to begin is to find it. To find something that belongs to us alone. Something to give us that pride in ourselves that'll make men endure - and, if necessary, die... with their boots on.”

Errol Flynn - George Armstrong Custer

“- Head Illinois State Trooper: I don't want to tell you how to do your job...
- Samuel Gerard: Put the helicopter on the bridge!
- Head Illinois State Trooper: But only one man in a million can survive that fall. The guy is fish food.
- Samuel Gerard: Fine. Go get a cane pole, catch the fish that ate him.”

Danny Goldring - Head Illinois State Trooper
Tommy Lee Jones - Samuel Gerard

“- Biggs: Sam, are you out of your mind? He's dead.
- Samuel Gerard: That ought to make him easier to catch.”

Daniel Roebuck - Biggs
Tommy Lee Jones - Samuel Gerard

“This time we win or we die trying.”
Dan Aykroyd - Sgt. Frank Tree

“- Esposito: We're dead!
- R.S.M. Sandy Young: Esposito, you're not dead until I tell you you're dead.”

Glyn Baker - Esposito
Jack Watson - R.S.M. Sandy Young