- Sgt. Heppelfinger: A Marine never hides. That's what Semper Fidelis means: it means "Face the music".
- Woodrow Truesmith: It does not. It happens to mean "Always faithful".
William Demarest - Sgt. Heffelfinger
Eddie Bracken - Woodrow Truesmith

“- Bill Rago: Write why you're here.
- Pvt. Donnie Benitez: This is where they told us to be.
- Bill Rago: No, no. Write about the magical twist of fate that prompted you to gravitate towards this institute of imbeciles.
- Pvt. Jamaal Montgomery: What?
- Bill Rago: Write why you joined the Army!”
Danny DeVito - Bill Rago
Lillo Brancato - Pvt. Donnie Benitez
Kadeem Hardison - Pvt. Jamaal Montgomery

“One man with gun has more authority than whole army without ammunition.”
Sidney Toler - Charlie Chan

The government said "We want men to fight the Nazis, join today". So I joined. I figured they were in a hurry. That was three hundred and eighty seven days ago.
Raymond Massey - Andy Brock

“We're responsible for the protection of 100,000 square miles of territory. And against us are ranged thousands of the finest light cavalry on Earth. I found that out this morning. It's a big job, gentlemen... and it's gonna need a fine regiment.”

Errol Flynn - George Armstrong Custer