“We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts!”

Bill Murray - John

“- Maj. Henrich Prinz: You Americans, you always have so much of everything. No matter. Eventually you have to surrender.
- Lt. Leak: I don't think so.”
Joachim Paul Assböck - Maj. Henrich Prinz
Jay Rodan - Lt. Leak

“That's why I joined the army, to be different. But it doesn’t matter where you go, there's always some cunt with stars and stripes wants to tell you what to do.”
Ray Winstone - Kevin

“- Lieutenant Joyce: I'm sorry, Sir. I thought you were the enemy.
- Commander Shears: Well, I'm an American, if that's what you mean.”
Geoffrey Horne - Lieutenant Joyce
William M. Holden - Shears

“This appears - mind you, I say appears - to be properly drawn. But you shan't have this man. A man isn't a piece of property. Mr. Stone is an American citizen... and an American citizen cannot be forced into the service of a foreign prince.”

Edward Arnold - Daniel Webster