“We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts!”

Bill Murray - John

“I live for the privilege of commanding troops, I think it's the greatest honor an American can have...”
Samuel L. Jackson - Childers

“I think this regiment could whip Caesar's Tenth Legion! I think they could ride with Genghis Khan! They are the best examples of American manhood. We have cowboys, Ivy Leaguers, football players, polo players, bronco busters, New York City policemen... and one man, I regret to say, who used to work for the Internal Revenue Service!”
Tom Berenger - Theodore Roosevelt

“- Otto Deutsch: I would like to die like an American soldier.
- Maj. John Reisman: You've got a good chance of doing just that.”
Stephen Hattersley - Otto Deutsch
Lee Marvin - Maj. John Reisman

“This appears - mind you, I say appears - to be properly drawn. But you shan't have this man. A man isn't a piece of property. Mr. Stone is an American citizen... and an American citizen cannot be forced into the service of a foreign prince.”

Edward Arnold - Daniel Webster