“- Sergeant Webster: Major Powers and I are building an e-lite company of fighting men.
- Highway: The only thing you could build, Webster... is a good case of hemorrhoids.”
Moses Gunn - Sgt. Webster
Clint Eastwood - Highway

“- Highway: Shut your face, hippie!
- Corporal 'Stitch' Jones: Hippie?
- Corporal 'Stitch' Jones: [whispers in Highway's ear] There haven't been hippies in centuries. Are you freeze-dried or doing hard time?”
Clint Eastwood - Highway
Mario Van Peebles - Stitch

“- Highway: You men do not impress me!
- Profile: Recon platoon kicks butt.
- Highway: [grabs Profile by the nose] If you ladies think that you can slip and slide just because your last sergeant was a pussy, well queer bait, you're going to start acting like Marines right now!”
Clint Eastwood - Highway
Tom Villard - Profile

“- Sergeant Webster: [as the platoon is marching back] Major Powers' gonna teach you how to discipline your men.
- Highway: Webster, if Powers ever comes to a sudden stop your face is gonna go half way up his ass.”
Moses Gunn - Sgt. Webster
Clint Eastwood - Highway

“Do you know how much it costs to breed you, you big moron? To train you? To feed you? What good is this man now? He's got no depth perception! All he can do is to walk point and take the first hit!”

Jason Isaacs - Colonel Mekum