“You tell your men you are soldiers and that's your flag. You tell them nobody takes our flag. And you raise that flag so it flies high where everyone can see it. Now you've got yourself a castle. The only difference between this castle and all the rest is that they were built to keep people out. This castle is built to keep people in.”
Robert Redford - Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin

“This is war. We're soldiers. We kill to protect what's ours.”
Chazz Palminteri - Tony

“A military man, especially a commander, should keep a journal. After he's gone, it's the only real defense against the slander that later arises.”
Will Patton - General Bethlehem

“- Bill Hafner: How many men you got out there that ain't brain dead?
- Jones: I've got nobody willing to trip over his own guts for the Vietnamese way of life.
- Bill Hafner: I got no delusions about you or your men's democracy Jones. We are gonna refortify this shit hole and protect it like it was your daughter's cherry. I ain't gonna die here.”
R. Lee Ermey - Bill Hafner
Albert Popwell - Jones

“Our purpose is to maintain stability in an unstable world - kill one, save a thousand.”
Morgan Freeman - Sloan