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War9 quotes

I love the smell of napalm in the morning. — Bill Killgore · 1979 In this war, things get confused out there. Power, ideals, the old morality, practical military necessity. But out there with these natives, it must be a temptation to be God. 'Cause there's a conflict in every human heart, between the rational and the irrational, between good and evil, and good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. Every man has got a breaking point. You and I have one. Walt Kurtz has reached his and very obviously, he has gone insane. — General R. Corman · 1979 There was a famous story, some reporters asked a door gunner, "How can you shoot women and children?" and he'd answered, "It's easy, you just don't lead 'em so much." — Michael Herr · 1977 Somebody once wrote: "Hell is the impossibility of reason." That's what this place feels like. Hell. — Chris · 1986 I think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy; we fought ourselves. And the enemy...was in us. — Chris · 1986 These are great days we're living, bros. We are jolly green giants, walking the Earth with guns. These people we wasted here today are the finest human beings we will ever know. After we rotate back to the world, we're gonna miss not having anyone around that's worth shooting. — Crazy Earl · 1987 All 9 quotes →

War (film)8 quotes

I love the smell of napalm in the morning. — Bill Killgore · 1979 In this war, things get confused out there. Power, ideals, the old morality, practical military necessity. But out there with these natives, it must be a temptation to be God. 'Cause there's a conflict in every human heart, between the rational and the irrational, between good and evil, and good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. Every man has got a breaking point. You and I have one. Walt Kurtz has reached his and very obviously, he has gone insane. — General R. Corman · 1979 Somebody once wrote: "Hell is the impossibility of reason." That's what this place feels like. Hell. — Chris · 1986 I think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy; we fought ourselves. And the enemy...was in us. — Chris · 1986 These are great days we're living, bros. We are jolly green giants, walking the Earth with guns. These people we wasted here today are the finest human beings we will ever know. After we rotate back to the world, we're gonna miss not having anyone around that's worth shooting. — Crazy Earl · 1987 They come from the end of the line, most of 'em—small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Bend, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania. Two years' high school's about it. Maybe if they're lucky, a job waiting for them back in a factory. But most of 'em got nothing. They're poor. They're the unwanted. Yet they're fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? At the bottom of the barrel, they know it. Maybe that's why they call themselves "grunts", 'cause a grunt can take it—can take anything. — Chris · 1986 All 8 quotes →

Political speech5 quotes

We still seek no wider war. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1964 North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that. — Richard Nixon · 1969 We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10,000 miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1964 I believe that history will record that we have made a great mistake. — Wayne Lyman Morse · 1964 Let historians not record that when America was the most powerful nation in the world we passed on the other side of the road and allowed the last hopes for peace and freedom of millions of people to be suffocated by the forces of totalitarianism. And so tonight—to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans—I ask for your support. — Richard Nixon · 1969

Historical literature3 quotes

Out on the street I couldn't tell the Vietnam veterans from the rock and roll veterans. The Sixties had made so many casualties, its war and its music had run power off the same circuit for so long they didn't even have to fuse. — Michael Herr · 1977 We of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations who participated in the decisions on Vietnam acted according to what we thought were the priniples and traditions of this nation. We made our decisions in the light of those values. Yet we were wrong, terribbly wrong. We owe it to future generations to explain why. — Robert McNamara · 1995 I think that Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods. — Michael Herr · 1977

Psychological drama2 quotes

I love the smell of napalm in the morning. — Bill Killgore · 1979 In this war, things get confused out there. Power, ideals, the old morality, practical military necessity. But out there with these natives, it must be a temptation to be God. 'Cause there's a conflict in every human heart, between the rational and the irrational, between good and evil, and good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. Every man has got a breaking point. You and I have one. Walt Kurtz has reached his and very obviously, he has gone insane. — General R. Corman · 1979

Psychological drama (film)2 quotes

I love the smell of napalm in the morning. — Bill Killgore · 1979 In this war, things get confused out there. Power, ideals, the old morality, practical military necessity. But out there with these natives, it must be a temptation to be God. 'Cause there's a conflict in every human heart, between the rational and the irrational, between good and evil, and good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. Every man has got a breaking point. You and I have one. Walt Kurtz has reached his and very obviously, he has gone insane. — General R. Corman · 1979

Rock music2 quotes

So they put a rifle in my hand Sent me off to a foreign land To go and kill the yellow man Born in the U. S. A. — Bruce Springsteen · 1984 Some folks are born made to wave the flag, Ooh, that red, white, and blue. And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief," Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord, It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no senator's son, no. It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one. — Creedence Clearwater Revival · 1969

Comedy1 quote

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous is, ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia’ but only slightly less well-known is this: ‘Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!’ — Vizzini · 1987

Comedy (film)1 quote

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous is, ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia’ but only slightly less well-known is this: ‘Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!’ — Vizzini · 1987

Drama1 quote

One day it started raining, and it didn’t quit for four months. We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin’ rain…and big ol’ fat rain. Rain that flew in sideways and sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath. Shoot, it even rained at night. — Forrest Gump · 1994

Drama (film)1 quote

One day it started raining, and it didn’t quit for four months. We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin’ rain…and big ol’ fat rain. Rain that flew in sideways and sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath. Shoot, it even rained at night. — Forrest Gump · 1994

Fantasy1 quote

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous is, ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia’ but only slightly less well-known is this: ‘Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!’ — Vizzini · 1987

Fantasy (film)1 quote

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous is, ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia’ but only slightly less well-known is this: ‘Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!’ — Vizzini · 1987

Soul music1 quote

Father, father We don't need to escalate You see, war is not the answer For only love can conquer hate. — Marvin Gaye · 1971

War literature1 quote

There was a famous story, some reporters asked a door gunner, "How can you shoot women and children?" and he'd answered, "It's easy, you just don't lead 'em so much." — Michael Herr · 1977

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