“- Col. Robert F. Sink: If they come by here y'all remember to smile for the camera. Got to keep the morale up for them folks back home.
- Richard Winters: Why?
- Col. Robert F. Sink: Damned if I know.”
Dale Dye - Col. Robert F. Sink
Richard D. Winters - Himself

“I've fought many wars in my time. Some I've fought for land, some for power, some for glory. I suppose fighting for love makes more sense than all the rest.”
Peter O'Toole - Priam

“- Hector: Now he's talking war against Troy.
- Paris: Why?
- Hector: Because we control access to the silks and spices of Byzantine.
- Paris: I can't believe people go to war over nutmeg.
- Hector: Well, they do, Paris, and you'd better get used to it.”
Daniel Lapaine - Hector
Matthew Marsden - Paris

“This thing has dragged on too long for it to end in all sweetness and light and after what the Khmer Rouge have been through I don't think they're going to be exactly affectionate toward westerners.”
Spalding Gray - U.S. Consul

“We will never know who started the war, General. But we do know who brought it to an end.”
Matthew Fox - General Bonner Fellers