“Within hours we were fighting like Jackals for his corpse. The wars of the world had begun. Forty years, off and on, they endured, until we divided his empire in four parts. I think Alexander would have been disappointed in us.”

Philip Anthony Hopkins - Old Ptolemy

“I am gravely disappointed. Again you have made me unleash my dogs of war.”

Kjell Nilsson - The Humungus

“It's true we Americans don't know very much about you Japanese. And we never did. And now I realize you know even less about us. You can kill us. All of us, or part of us. But if you think that's going to put the fear of God into the United States of America, and stop them from sending other flyers to bomb you, you're wrong.”
Dana Andrews - Capt. Harvey Ross

- Aldo: You think they're making this up? You think this is "War of the Worlds" or something?
- Cynthia: Look, did we help the Czechs, the Hungarians, the Afghans or the Poles? Well we're not gonna nuke the Russians to save the Germans! I mean, if you were talking oil in Saudi Arabia, then I'd be really worried.
Stephen Furst - Aldo
Alston Ahern - Cynthia

Before the Civil War, the states were all separate. People used to say "United States are". Wasn't until the war ended, people started saying "The United States is". Under Lincoln, we became one nation.
Nicolas Cage - Ben Gates