Best war movie quotes of all time

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The Bridge on the River Kwai picture

Colonel Nicholson: We can teach these barbarians a lesson in Western methods and efficiency that will put them to shame. We'll show them what the British soldier is capable of doing.

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Operation Pacific picture

Duke E. Gifford: How's the picture?
Lt. Larry: Oh, all right I guess, sir... the things those Hollywood guys can do with a submarine.

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The Diary of Anne Frank picture

Anne Frank: You know what I do when I think I can't stand another minute cooped up? I think myself outside.

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Dad's Army picture

Captain Mainwaring: I intend to mould those men out there into an aggressive fighting force. I'm not going to get very far if you keep inviting them to "step this way."

Neil Jones

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Operation Dumbo Drop picture

Capt. T.C. Doyle: You slept with the wife of General "Kill-'em-all-and-let-God-sort-them-out" Richardson?
David Poole: I thought it was his daughter.
Capt. T.C. Doyle: Oh yeah, he would've been fine with that.

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The Four Feathers picture

Abou Fatma: I found you half dead crossing the desert alone and you say you are afraid?

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Throne of Blood picture

Taketori Washizu: I am terribly drunk.

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The Hurt Locker picture

Guard at Liberty Gate: What were you doing out there?
Staff Sergeant William James: Visiting a whorehouse.
Guard at Liberty Gate: Okay. If I let you back in, will you tell me where it is exactly?

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Valiant picture

Valiant: It's not the size of your wingspan that counts, no, it's the size of your spirit.

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Empire of the Sun picture

Maxton: I heard you resigned from the Scouts.
Jim: I've become an atheist.

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The Birth of a Nation picture

Intertitle: Second Part - Reconstruction. The agony which the South endured that a nation might be born. The blight of war does not end when hostilities cease.

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The Last Legion picture

Romulus Augustus: Mother, am I now the most powerful man in the world?
Flavia: Of course you are.
Romulus Augustus: Then why can't I stay out tonight?

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For Greater Glory picture

Captain Quintana: Please, what do you want? Money? I can get you money.
Victoriano 'El Catorce' Ramirez: Spend it Hell, cabron.

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Incendies picture

Simon Marwan: One plus one, does it make one? It comes from Tarkovsky's Nostalghia.

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Gunga Din picture

Sgt. Archibald Cutter: Now you're all under arrest. Her Majesty's very touchy about having her subjects strangled.

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High Road to China picture

Zura: The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient.

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The Last Full Measure picture

Tulley: Justice delayed is justice denied. That's my damn agenda.

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The English Patient picture

Hana: There's a man downstairs. He brought us eggs. He might stay.
Almásy: Why? Can he lay eggs?
Hana: He's Canadian.
Almásy: Why are people always so happy when they collide with someone from the same place? What happened in Montreal when you passed a man in the street? Did you invite him to live with you?

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To Be or Not To Be picture

Capt. Schultz: But what if he doesn't talk?
Colonel Ehrhardt: Then we try a little physical culture.

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