“- Kay: Arquillian battle rules, kid. First we get an ultimatum, then a warning shot, then we have a galactic standard week to respond.
- Jay: A galactic standard week? How the hell long is that?
- Kay: One hour.”
Tommy Lee Jones - Kay
Will Smith - Jay

“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

“War implies extreme government because wars are fought to enforce rules or ideals, even freedom. But other people ideals forced on someone else, even if it is something like freedom, is still a rule; not anarchy.”
Matthew Lillard - Stevo

“- Hieronymus Karl Frederick Baron von Munchausen: So, Mr. Jackson, still the rational man? How many people have perished in your logical little war?
- The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson: There are rules in life! We cannot fly to the moon. We cannot defy death. We must face facts, not folly. You don't live in the real world.”
John Neville - Hieronymus Karl Frederick Baron von Munchausen
Jonathan Pryce - The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson

“They scattered. They scattered! Give me a civilized war! An enemy I can find and beat! An enemy who fights by the rules!”

Gary Cole - George Armstrong Custer