“I ain't much about no prayin', now. I ain't never had no family, and... killed off my mama. Well, I just... y'all's the onliest family I got. I love the 54th. Ain't even much a matter what happens tomorrow, 'cause we men, ain't we?”

Denzel Washington - Pvt. Trip

“- Sergeant JT Sanborn: Welcome to Bravo Company. Welcome to Camp Victory.
- Staff Sergeant William James: Ah, Camp Victory? I thought this was Camp Liberty.
- Sergeant JT Sanborn: Ah, no, they changed that about a week ago. 'Victory' sound' better.”
Anthony Mackie - Sergeant JT Sanborn
Jeremy Renner - Staff Sergeant William James

“I'm a soldier, but in serving my country, I have betrayed my conscience.”

Tom Cruise - Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg

“It's my leg! I want my leg, you understand? Can't you understand that? All's I'm saying is that I want to be treated like a human being! I fought for my country! I am a Vietnam veteran! I fought for my country! And I think that I deserve to be treated... decent!”

Tom Cruise - Ron Kovic

“By now we'd come to look at all replacements as dead men who temporarily had the use of the arms and legs. They came and went so fast and so regularly that sometimes we didn't even learn their names. Truth is, after a while, we sort of avoided getting to know them.”
Robert Carradine - Pvt. Zab - 1st Squad