A Few Good Men Quotes

Col. Nathan R. Jessep: You can't handle the truth!

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Col. Jessep: Matthew, sit, please. [Lt. Markinson sits]
Col. Jessep: What do you think of Kendrick?
Lt. Col. Matthew Andrew Markinson: Nathan, I don't know that...
Col. Jessep: I think he's kind of a weasel, myself. But he's an awfully good officer, and in the end we see eye to eye on the best way to run a marine corps unit. We're in the business of saving lives, Matthew. That's a responsibility we have to take pretty seriously. And I believe that taking a marine who's not yet up to the job and packing him off to another assignment, puts lives in danger. [Lt. Markinson begins to stand]
Col. Jessep: Matthew, siddown. [he sits]
Col. Jessep: We go back a while. We went to the Academy together, we were commissioned together, we did our tours in Vietnam together. But I've been promoted up through the chain of command with greater speed and success than you have. Now if that's a source of tension or embarrassment for you, well, I don't give a shit. We're in the business of saving lives, Lieutenant Colonel Markinson. Don't ever question my orders in front of another officer.

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Col. Jessep: Matthew, sit down, please. [Lt Col Markinson sits]
Col. Jessep: What do you think of Kendrick?
Lt. Col. Matthew Andrew Markinson: Nathan, I don't think my opinion of Kendrick has anything whatsoever to do with...
Col. Jessep: I think he's pretty much of a weasel, myself. But he's an awfully good officer, and in the end we see eye to eye on the best way to run a marine corps unit. We're in the business of saving lives, Matthew. That is a responsibility we have to take pretty seriously. And I believe that taking a marine who isn't quite up to the job and shipping him off to another assignment, puts lives in danger. [Lt. Markinson begins to stand]
Col. Jessep: Sit down, Matthew. [He sits]
Col. Jessep: We go back a while. We went to the Academy together, we were commissioned together, we did our tours in Vietnam together. But I've been promoted up through the chain with greater speed and success than you have. Now if that's a source of tension or embarrassment for you, I don't give a ****. We're in the business of saving lives, Lt Col Markinson. Don't ever question my orders in front of another officer.

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Galloway: Tell your friend not to get cute down there, the Marines at Gitmo are fanatical.
Lt. Weinberg: Fanatical about what?
Galloway: About being Marines.

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Kaffee: Jack Ross came to see me today. He offered me the 12 years.
Lt. Weinberg: Hey, that's what you wanted, right?
Kaffee: Yeah, and I'll take it. I guess, you know, I'll take it.
Lt. Weinberg: So...
Kaffee: It took about 45 seconds he barely put up a fight.
Lt. Weinberg: Danny, take the 12 years it's a gift.
Kaffee: You don't believe their story, do you? You think they ought to go to jail for the rest of their lives.
Lt. Weinberg: I believe every word of their story and I think they ought to go to jail for the rest of their lives.
Kaffee: I'll see you tomorrow.
Lt. Weinberg: Okay. Don't forget to wear the whites tomorrow. Very hot down there.
Kaffee: I don't like the whites.
Lt. Weinberg: Nobody likes the whites but we're going to Cuba. You have Dramamine?
Kaffee: Dramamine keeps you cool?
Lt. Weinberg: No, Dramamine keeps you from throwing up you get sick when you fly.
Kaffee: I get sick when I fly because I'm afraid of crashing into a large mountain I don't think Dramamine will help with that.
Lt. Weinberg: I got some oregano I hear that works pretty good.
Kaffee: You know, Ross said the strangest thing to me just before I left. He said that the platoon commander Lieutenant Jonathan Kendrick held a meeting with the men and specifically told them not to touch Santiago.
Lt. Weinberg: So?
Kaffee: I never mentioned Kendrick. I don't even know who he is. What the hell. I'll see you tomorrow.

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Lt. Weinberg: You've heard her. My daughter said a word. She said, Pa.
Kaffee: She was pointing to a mailbox, Sam.
Lt. Weinberg: That's right. She pointed to the mailbox as if to say, Pa, look, a mailbox.

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[Kaffee is questioning Lt. Kendrick about Pvt. Curtis Bell's incident at the Officer's Club]
Kaffee: Did you report Private Bell to the proper authorities?
Lt. Kendrick: I have two books at my bedside, Lieutenant, the Marine Corps Code of Conduct and the King James Bible. The only proper authorities I submit to are my commanding officer, Colonel Nathan R. Jessep, and the Lord our God!
Kaffee: At your request, Lieutenant, I can have your lack of acknowledgement of this court as proper authority put on the record...
Capt. Ross: Object!
Judge Randolph: Sustained! Watch yourself, Counselor.

Movie: A Few Good Men