“Any man with a collection like this is a man who's never set foot on a battlefield. To him a minié ball from Shiloh is just an artifact. But to a combat vet, it's a hunk of metal that caused some poor bastard a world of pain.”

Robert Redford - Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin

“- Russel Blaze: Come work at the mill. There's nothing wrong with working for a living.
- Rodney Baze Jr.: Is it working for a living when a carried my best friend's legs under this arm, and the rest of him under this arm?”

Christian Bale - Russel Baze
Casey Affleck - Rodney Baze Jr.

“- Russel Blaze: Come work at the mill. There's nothing wrong with working for a living.
- Rodney Baze Jr.: I saw a fucking baby with his fucking head cut off. I saw a fucking pile of feet in the middle of the street, and I had to clean it up. I gave my fucking life for my country. That's not work?”

Christian Bale - Russel Baze
Casey Affleck - Rodney Baze Jr.

“Wanna know what a blast wound looks like? What an OR in the desert smells like? What really happens to them? How they die? You really wanna know? You want us to come back like nothing ever happened. You don't want to get your handsdirty with the details.”

Samuel L. Jackson - Will Marsh

“- Hercules: People are gonna get hurt, aren't they?
- Hades: Nah. I mean, you know, it's a possibility. It happens 'cause... it's war, but what can I tell you. Anyway, what do you owe these people, huh?”
Tate Donovan - Hercules
James Woods - Hades