Nation quotes

“They fear you because you are young. They fear you because you are the future. How fearful they must be that they shoot you children. How powerful you must be that they fear you so much. You are powerful because you are the generation that will be free. The violence, the beatings, the torture, the killings; all this is the birth pain of our free...” (continue)(continue reading)

David Manqele - Preacher

“Of all the weapons in the vast soviet arsenal, nothing was more profitable than the Kalashnikov. It's the world's most popular assault rifle. A weapon all fighters love. It's so easy, even a child can use it; and they do. The Soviets put the gun on a coin. Mozambique put it on their flag.”
Nicolas Cage - Yuri Orlov

“The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.”
Stanley Kubrick

“I'm concerned about a Chinaman who thinks it's wise to come to a business transaction with automatic weapons. None of us are carrying automatic weapons. Because here, in this country, it don't add inches to your dick. You get a life sentence for it.”

Jack Nicholson - Frank Costello

“- Jack Flowers: Now, the Chinese, they go for Australian girls, y'know, big-boned. The Germans usually go for Tamils. The British don't give a damn as long as they're young and boyish, isn't that right, Colonel?
- Col. Gunstone: Indubitably.
- Jack Flowers: Well the Americans, they do a lot of hugging-up in taxis, y'know. When they go home they...” (continue)(continue reading)
Ben Gazzara - Jack Flowers
L.T. Firbank - Col. Gunstone

“- Wolfgang Vogel: You treat us as stooges for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
- James Donovan: Can we just call them 'the Russians' and save time?”
Sebastian Koch - Wolfgang Vogel
Tom Hanks - James B. Donovan

“We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.”
Harrison Ford

“A mature relationship between nations - as between individuals - can only flourish in an atmosphere of mutual respect.”
John Gavin

“- Gretchen: You may not realize, but we were trying to protect this country from people who wanna destroy everything we believe in.
- Daniel Jones: You may not realize it, but we are trying to do the exact same thing.”
Joanne Tucker - Gretchen
Adam Driver - Daniel Jones

“I'll tell you the first problem. The names of your countries are too long.”

Tom Hanks - James B. Donovan

“Take off your clothes. Your body belongs to the state. Since your birth, the state nourished it. Now the state asks something in return.”

Charlotte Rampling - Matron

“- Colonel Robert Lowry: They pulled all of Jones, Jasper, Perry and half of Smith County.
- Chester: How is that even possible?”

Wayne Pére - Colonel Robert Lowry
Lawrence Turner - Chester

“- Ali: Eventually the Arab states will rise against Israel. They don't like Palestinians, but they hate the Jews more. It won't be like 1967. The rest of the world will see by then what the Israelis do to us. Israel will cease to exist.
- Avner: This is a dream. You can't take back a country you never had.”
Omar Metwally - Ali
Eric Bana - Avner

“- Bob: Frieda, this pasta doesn't have any sauce.
- Frieda: It's Bavarian pasta, it doesn't need sauce. The Italians need sauce. The Italians were weak!”
Alan Alda - Bob
Trude Klein - Frieda

“Well, we could have the Germans win the war.”

Lewis Milestone

“The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional.”
Richard Burton

“Some people say we're racists. We're not racists. We're realists. Some people call us Nazis. We're not Nazis. No, what we are, we are nationalists and there's a reason people try to pigeonhole us like this. And that is because of one word, fear.”

Frank Harper - Lenny

“- Hammond: Welcome to Asia. You're going to love it here.
- Jack: I'm just here for work.”
Pierce Brosnan - Hammond
Owen Wilson - Jack Dwyer

“If you weaken the monarchy, you undermine the entire nation.”
Joely Richardson - Marie-Antoinette

“Each nation has its purpose. The Jews, to cheat, the Turks, to do harm, us Romanians to love and suffer like Christ.”
Alexandru Bindea - Priest on the road

“- French Squire 1: An Englishman will not win this French tournament. English legs are unsteady on French soil.
- French Squire 2: And because French wine is too much for English bellies.
- French Squire 3: And most importantly, because the Pope himself is French.
- Roland: Well, the Pope may be French, but Jesus is English! You're on!”
Miroslav Mokos - French Squire
Noel le Bon - French Squire
Scott Bellefeville - French Squire
Mark Addy - Roland

“From this day forward we declare the land north of Pascagoula Swamp, south of enterprise and east to the Pearl River to the Alabama border, to be a Free State of Jones.”
Matthew McConaughey - Newton Knight

“It is no small thing to build a new world, gentlemen. We have our republic. We must endeavour to keep it, if we can.”
Tom Wilkinson - Benjamin Franklin

“Area 51, man. It's the 51st state.”
David Saucedo - UFO Interview 3

“My name's Donovan. Irish, both sides. Mother and father. I'm Irish and you're German. But what makes us both Americans? Just one thing. One. Only one. The rule book. We call it the Constitution, and we agree to the rules, and that's what makes us Americans.”
Tom Hanks - James B. Donovan