“- Braden: Don't fuck with the Japanese, Caifano. They can be very dangerous.
- Caifano: I'll fuck with whoever I want. I don't need you. I'll make my own deals.
- Braden: If you're thinking about going behind my back Caifano, you'll be making a big mistake. A very big mistake. You don't even know me yet.”
Arthur Roberts - Braden
Mario Gallo - Caifano

“- Annie Banks: He's an independentcommunications consultant.
- George Banks: Independent?
- Annie Banks: Yes.
- George Banks: That's code for unemployed!”
Kimberly Williams-Paisley - Annie Banks
Steve Martin - George Banks

“In this world, a man, himself, is nothing. And there ain't no world but this one.”
Sean Penn - 1st Sgt. Welsh

“Everyone lookin' for salvation by himself. Each like a coal thrown from the fire.”
Jim Caviezel - Pvt. Witt

The Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!". We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!
Bill Pullman - President Thomas J. Whitmore