War quotes

“I been pumping pussy since Christ was a corporal. I can tell you, the best damned poontang I ever paid for was in Da Nang. The girls were checked out daily. And we got ourself laid in a safe, orderly, proficient, military manner. That is until some suckhead writes home mama and says he dipped his wick in the Republic of South Vietnam. Then the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Clint Eastwood - Highway

“You know what you are... what you're made of. War is in your blood. Don't fight it. You didn't kill for your country.
You killed for yourself. God's never gonna make that go away. When you're pushed, killing's as easy as breathing.”
Sylvester Stallone - John Rambo

“- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: I pray you watch over the young Jack Geoghegan. That I lead into battle. You use me as your instrument in this awful hell of war to watch over them. Especially if they're men like this one beside me, deserving of a future in your blessing and goodwill. Amen.
- 2nd Lt. Jack Geoghegan: Amen.
- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: Oh, yes, and...” (continue)(continue reading)

Mel Gibson - Lt. Col. Hal Moore
Chris Klein - 2nd Lt. Jack Geoghegan

“the purpose of war is to serve a political end but the true nature of war is to serve itself.”
Denzel Washington - Hunter

“Just because there's not a war doesn't mean there's peace.”
Jennifer Lawrence - Raven

“Every story ever told can be broken down into three parts. The beginning. The middle. And the twist.”

Jack Black - Stine

“In 20 years, Iraq will be a hellhole nobody cares about. Terrorism's a short-term threat. The real threats will come from China, Russia, Iran. and they'll come as SQL injections and malware.”
Rhys Ifans - Corbin O'Brian

“Sweet Jesus, war does terrible things to people.”

Jim Broadbent - William 'Boss' Tweed

“- Superman: You'd risk world wide nuclear war for your own personal financial gain.
- Lex Luthor: Nobody wants war. I just want to keep the threat alive.”
Christopher Reeve - Superman
Gene Hackman - Lex Luthor

“We're not gonna have a war, we're gonna have the appearance of a war.”
Robert De Niro - Conrad Brean

“I'm a soldier, I serve my country. But this is not my country. I was lying out there bleeding to death, thinking, if I die now, I leave nothing to my children but shame. I know now there is only one way to serve Germany, and doing so I'll be a traitor... I accept that.”

Tom Cruise - Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg

“If more people gave up, there'd be fewer wars.”

Nathan Lane - Snowbell

“Under the Rules of Engagement, a civilian pointing a weapon is no longer a civilian and the use of deadly force is authorized in order to save lives. It's not murder, it's combat.”
Tommy Lee Jones - Hodges

“Yes they had weapons! You think there's a script for fighting a war without pissing somebody off? Follow the rules and nobody gets hurt? Yes, innocent people probably died. Innocent people always die but I did not exceed my orders.”
Samuel L. Jackson - Childers

“- John Rambo: Go live your life 'cause you've got a good one.
- Sarah: It's what I'm trying to do.
- John Rambo: No, what you're trying to do is change what is.
- Sarah: And what is?
- John Rambo: That we're like animals! It's in the blood! It's natural! Peace? That's an accident!
It's what is! When you're pushed, killing's as easy as...” (continue)(continue reading)

Sylvester Stallone - John Rambo
Julie Benz - Sarah

“A brilliant man would find a way not to fight a war.”
Mako - Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto

“- Interviewer: Do you think there will be a Third World War?
- Angus Young - Lead Guitarist: I'm the Third World War.”
Angus Young - Angus Young - Lead Guitarist

“- Col. Samuel Trautman: You don't belong here, why don't you come back with me?
- Rambo: Back to what? My friends died here, and a piece of me did too.
- Col. Samuel Trautman: The war, the whole conflict may have been wrong, but damn it, don't hate your country for it.
- Rambo: Hate? I'd die for it.
- Col. Samuel Trautman: Then what is it you...” (continue)(continue reading)
Richard Crenna - Col. Samuel Trautman
Sylvester Stallone - Rambo

Every piece of this is man's bullshit. They call this war "a cloud over the land" but they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say "Shit, it's raining!".
Renee Zellweger - Ruby Thewes

“We walk, and Afghanistan reverts back to the Taliban. Only now the Taliban has metastasized into something infinitely more vicious and potent because they're now 2-0 versus superpowers. They butcher the people who helped us, who voted and were stupid enough to put their faith in our word. So call it not only the end of hope for 10s of millions...” (continue)(continue reading)
Tom Cruise - Senator Jasper Irving

I watched the war on TV like everybody else. Thought the same damn things. You know what you thought when you saw a picture of a young woman with a baby lying face down in a dictch, two gooks. You had three reactions, Rich, same as everybody else. The first one was real easy: "I hate the United States of America". Yeah. You see the same damn... (continue)(continue reading)
John Heard - Alex Cutter

“- Captain Benjamin L. Willard: I was sent on a classified mission, sir.
- Colonel Walter E. Kurtz: It's no longer classified, is it? Did they tell you?
- Captain Benjamin L. Willard: They told me that you had gone totally insane, and that your methods were unsound.
- Colonel Walter E. Kurtz: Are my methods unsound?
- Captain Benjamin L. Willard:...” (continue)(continue reading)
Martin Sheen - Captain Benjamin L. Willard
Marlon Brando - Colonel Walter E. Kurtz

“Wouldn't it be great if wars could be fought just by the assholes who started them?”
Kevin Costner - The Postman

“- Gen. Stonewall Jackson: Tell me general, do you expect to live till the end of this war?
- General John Bell Hood: Oh... I do not know, but... I'm inclined to think I will. I expect I will be wounded. And you general?
- Gen. Stonewall Jackson: I do not expect to live to see the end of this war. Nor can I say that without victory I would desire...” (continue)(continue reading)
Stephen Lang - Gen. Stonewall Jackson
Patrick Gorman - Gen. John Bell Hood

“- Sheldon Kornpett: You were involved in the Bay of Pigs?
- Vince Ricardo: Involved? That was my idea.”
Alan Arkin - Sheldon Kornpett
Peter Falk - Vince Ricardo