War quotes

“Some had families waiting. For others, their only family would be the men they bled beside. There were no bands, no flags, no Honor Guards to welcome them home. They went to war because their country ordered them to. But in the end, they fought not for their country or their flag, they fought for each other.”

Barry Pepper - Joe Galloway

“Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks.”
George C. Scott - Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson

“These are the true events of November, 1965, in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. A place our country does not remember, in a war it does not understand.”

Barry Pepper - Joe Galloway

“- Andre Baptiste Senior: They say that I am the lord of war, but perhaps it is you.
- Yuri Orlov: I believe it's warlord.
- Andre Baptiste Senior: Thank you, but I prefer it my way.”
Eamonn Walker - Andre Baptiste Senior
Nicolas Cage - Yuri Orlov

“- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: I pray you watch over the young Jack Geoghegan. That I lead into battle. You use me as your instrument in this awful hell of war to watch over them. Especially if they're men like this one beside me, deserving of a future in your blessing and goodwill. Amen.
- 2nd Lt. Jack Geoghegan: Amen.
- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: Oh, yes, and...” (continue) (continue reading)

Mel Gibson - Lt. Col. Hal Moore
Chris Klein - 2nd Lt. Jack Geoghegan

“the purpose of war is to serve a political end but the true nature of war is to serve itself.”
Denzel Washington - Hunter

“I'm a soldier, I serve my country. But this is not my country. I was lying out there bleeding to death, thinking, if I die now, I leave nothing to my children but shame. I know now there is only one way to serve Germany, and doing so I'll be a traitor... I accept that.”

Tom Cruise - Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg

“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

“Yes they had weapons! You think there's a script for fighting a war without pissing somebody off? Follow the rules and nobody gets hurt? Yes, innocent people probably died. Innocent people always die but I did not exceed my orders.”
Samuel L. Jackson - Childers

Every piece of this is man's bullshit. They call this war "a cloud over the land" but they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say "Shit, it's raining!".
Renee Zellweger - Ruby Thewes

“- Sheldon Kornpett: You were involved in the Bay of Pigs?
- Vince Ricardo: Involved? That was my idea.”
Alan Arkin - Sheldon Kornpett
Peter Falk - Vince Ricardo

“- Gabriel Martin: If we win this war, a lot of things will change.
- Soldier Occam: What will change?
- Gabriel Martin: They call this the New World. It's not. It's the same as the old. But we have the chance to build a new world. A world where all men are created equal under God.”

Heath Ledger - Gabriel Martin
Jay Arlen Jones - Occam

“This isn't the Republicans versus the Democrats, where we're in a hole economically or... or we're in another war. This is more crucial than that. This is down to the line, folks, this is down to the line. There can be no more divisions among the living!”

Richard France - Scientist

“How many people had I already killed? There were those six that I knew about for sure. Close enough to blow their last breath in my face. But this time, it was an American and an officer. That wasn't supposed to make any difference to me, but it did. Shit... charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets in the...” (continue) (continue reading)
Martin Sheen - Captain Benjamin L. Willard

“Look, this is a modern war, ain't it? And I'm a modern guy, and the modern age is up in the air, not down here.”
John R. Reilly - Private Murphy

“If this War don't kill me first, my feet will.”
Wally Cassell - Private Dondaro

- Harmie: Me, I know what war is. When we was right close to Shadow Therry, the old Colonel, he brung us all together and he said...
- Tim: He said, "Young men, in civilian life, never brag about your conquests, whether they be love or war."
- Harmie: Shut up, young fella. I'm tellin' ya I know. And I know, I know.
Percy Kilbride - Harmie
Charles Kemper - Tim

“- Sefina Hobbs: My baby's come home!
- Luke Hobbs: I'm sorry to bring trouble here, Momma, but I need my brothers. This family is going to war. We're gonna need cars... and guns.”
Lori Pelenise Tuisano - Sefina
The Rock - Hobbs

“- Bernardo: War's a serious business.
- Giocondo: Such profoundity, Bernardo.”
Leigh Lawson - Bernardo
Nicholas Willatt - Giocondo

“- Mendez: If we shoot, we'll break twelve years of peace!
- Governor Kolp: Yes, it has been rather boring hasn't it?”
Paul Stevens - Mendez
Severn Darden - Governor Kolp

“A moral victory which compels the enemy to recognize the moral superiority of his opponent and his own impotence was won by the Russians at Borodino.”
Norman Rose - English Narrator

“- Alita: What’s outside the city?
- Hugo: Not much. The war wiped out all the utilities and most everything else.”
Rosa Salazar - Alita
Keean Johnson - Hugo

“To know them is to eliminate them. Consequently, the purely military aspect of the problem is secondary. More important is the policing aspect. I know you dislike that word. But it's the only one that describes the work at hand.”
Jean Martin - Col. Mathieu

“I will go alone into Rome. If I do not return by sunset, then let the army into Rome.”
Stephen Boyd - Livius

“People of Atlantis, hear me! My brother has come from the surface... to challenge me for the throne! Let us settle this in the ancient way: by bloodshed do the gods make known their will!”
Patrick Wilson - King Orm