“- Schaffer: Look, Major, this is primarily a British operation. I'm an American. I don't even know why the hell I'm here.
- Maj. Smith: Lieutenant, you're here because you're an American.”
Clint Eastwood - Schaffer
Richard Burton - Maj. Smith

“I know you hate Americans, but just remember if it wasn't for us, you'd be speaking German right now.”
Jim Belushi - Neil Schwary

“- Claire Simone: Would you stop speaking French? Or whatever language you are speaking?
- James Granger: Well, if it weren't for us, you'd... you'd be speaking German.
- Claire Simone: No. If it was not for you, I might be dead. But I would still be speaking French.”
Cate Blanchett - Claire Simone
Matt Damon - James Granger

“Someone said this at some point about why we stayed when we knew we were losing. Ten percent was to help the South Vietnamese. Twenty percent was to hold back the Commies. Seventy percent was to avoid the humiliation of an American defeat. Seventy percent of those boys just to avoid being humiliated? That stuck with me.”
Matthew Rhys - Daniel Ellsberg

“If there's one thing I can't stand seeing, it's Americans fighting Americans.”
Dan Aykroyd - Sgt. Frank Tree