“Our job is to make this the finest regiment that the United States ever saw. I needn't tell most of you that a regiment is something more than just six hundred disciplined fighting men. Men die. But a regiment lives on; because a regiment has an immortal soul of its own.”

Errol Flynn - George Armstrong Custer

“- Louis Gendick: These bullies are called Japs and Nazis.
- Danny Lyons: You mean the army.
- Louis Gendick: That won't be running away, Danny. That's real fighting.”

Henry Hall - Louis Gendick
Bobby Jordan - Danny Lyons

“One learns so much about life in the army. Yeah. Killing people.”
Rupert Everett - Guy Bennett

“- Commandant: And you, Agu? You wanna kill Commandant? Hey, Agu, I want you to kill Commandant. Come. Push it.
- Preacher: [Whispers] Do It.
- Commandant: Come, Agu, come. Put It here. Here! A-ha! Aha! Wanna Kill Commandant?”
Idris Elba - Commandant
Teibu Owusu Achcampong - Preacher

“Your rifle is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills. If your killer instincts are not clean and strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill. You will become dead marines and then you will be in a world of shit because marines are not allowed to die without permission.”
R. Lee Ermey - Gny. Sgt. Hartman