War quotes

“- John Patrick Mason: All I know is that you were big in Vietnam, I saw the highlights on television.
- General Francis X. Hummel: Then you probably have no idea what it means to lead some of the finest men on God's earth into combat and then watch their memories get betrayed by their own fucking government.”
Sir Sean Connery - John Patrick Mason
Ed Harris - General Francis X. Hummel

“Why don't you go home huh? Look at me, look at Neely, we're all a bunch of trouble junkies, we've been mainlining danger and adrenaline for so long nothing else gets us off, it's kind a sick... Before you pick up the habit - and you will pick up the habit - go back to L.A. and be the weirdest guy in the room again. Whada you think?”

Mel Gibson - Gene

“The Vietnam War was fought over a bet that Howard Hughes lost to Aristotle Onassis.”
Mel Gibson - Jerry Fletcher

“I'm lucky if I make it to 18, we in a war! We graduating every day we live because we ain't afraid to die, protecting our own.”
Jason Finn - Marcus

“- Wolverine: There is a war coming. Are you sure you're on the right side?
- Storm: At least I've chosen a side.”
Hugh Jackman - Wolverine
Halle Berry - Storm

“Sorry, I've just got one question: Whose map is Britain using when it completely ignores the United Nations and decides to invade Iraq? Or do you think it's more diplomatic to bend the will of a superpower and politely take part in Vietnam the Sequel?”
Rachel Weisz - Tessa Quayle

“- Ilsa Lund: That was the day the Germans marched into Paris.
- Rick Blaine: Not an easy day to forget. I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue.
- Ilsa Lund: Yes. I put that dress away. When the Germans march out, I'll wear it again.”

Ingrid Bergman - Ilsa Lund
Humphrey Bogart - Rick Blaine

“Brother turned on brother until nothing remained. And then came the peace, hard fought, sorely won. A people rose up from the ashes and a new era was born. But freedom has a cost.”

Donald Sutherland - President Snow

“- Commodus: Have I missed it? Have I missed the battle?
- Marcus Aurelius: You have missed the war.
- Commodus: Father, congratulations. I shall sacrifice a hundred bulls to honor your triumph.
- Marcus Aurelius: Save the bulls. Honor Maximus. He won the battle.”
Joaquin Phoenix - Commodus
Richard Harris - Marcus Aurelius

“- John Ashwood II as a Boy: If there's a world war, I want to fight for England. You wouldn't want me to be a coward, would you?
- Susan Ashwood: No, darling.
- John Ashwood II as a Boy: Do you think father would like me to run away?
- Susan Ashwood: No, Johnny. I don't. Darn little Englishman. You're just like your father.”

Roddy McDowall - John Ashwood II as a Boy
Irene Dunne - Susan Ashwood

“- Major General: Damn cheek! With women leading our armies we'll never have a good war again.
- Mabel Stanley: So true! So true.”
Bill Kerr - Major General
Kristy McNichol - Mabel Stanley

“Some of you think you have problems because you're against the war. You demonstrated in school... you wear peace symbols on your steel, and you have attitudes. I'm orphan, my brother's queer, the city of Chicago got the clap from my sister, Mom drinks, Dad coughs blood, I have ringworm, immersion foot, the incurable crud and the draft ruined my...” (continue)(continue reading)

Dylan McDermott - Sgt. Adam Frantz

“War is a sin, but sometimes, a necessary one.”
Edward Hardwicke - Earl of Arundel

“Civil war dudes... You guys are brothers, for God's sake... You gotta stop fighting... North wins... Slavery is bad... Sorry... Don't want to burst your bubble but South, you guys get Allman Brothers ...and... Nascar. So just chill!”

Ben Stiller - Larry Daley

“War is never inevitable.”
Paul Giamatti - John Adams

“If you mean by patriot, am I angry about taxation without representation, well, yes I am. Should the American colonies govern themselves independently? I believe that they can, and they should. But if you are asking me, am I willing to go to war with England? Well, then the answer is most definately no!”
Mel Gibson - Benjamin Martin

“Sure be glad when this war is ended, so then we can putt without being blown up.”

Ernest Borgnine - Gen. Worden

“Let me tell you something; If you flunk out and die in Vietnam, that's the end of our friendship, fuck you, you know.”

Kiefer Sutherland - Scott

“I admit to having developed a veneer of callousness, but counting the human cost is a terribly sad business, and no veneer of callousness allows me to escape the truth that back home the news brings anguish and suffering.”
Tom Selleck - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

“- Claude Hooper Bukowski: You do what you have to do, and I'm going to do what I have to do.
- Lafayette aka Hud: Who are you doing it for?
- Claude Hooper Bukowski: I'm doing it for you, man.
- Lafayette aka Hud: Don't hand me that. Look, if you're doing it for me, don't, because if the shoe was on the other foot, I wouldn't do it for you.”

John Savage - Claude Hooper Bukowski
Dorsey Wright - Lafayette aka Hud

“Maybe I finally found it, way down here in the mud. Maybe from down here I can start up again. Be something I can be proud of without having to fake it, be a fake human being.”

Charlie Sheen - Chris

“- Gareth Mallory: I only have one question. Why not - stay dead? You have the perfect way out. Go and live, quietly somewhere. Not many field agents get to leave this cleanly.
- James Bond: Do you get out in the field much?
- Gareth Mallory: You don't need to be an operative to see the obvious. It's a young man's game.”
Ralph Fiennes - Gareth Mallory
Daniel Craig - James Bond

“Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist.”
Bill Pullman - President Thomas J. Whitmore

“This is what defeat looks like, bro. Your jihad is over.”
Jason Clarke - Dan

“In the next war there's gonna be three guys missing - me and the two guys that are chasing me.”
Frank McHugh - "Crepe Hanger" Burke