I expect and demand your very best. Anything
less, you should have joined the Air Force.
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Lt. Cmdr. Hunter:
[T]he purpose of war is, is to serve a political
end, but the true nature of war is to serve itself.
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Capt. Frank Ramsey:
This is the Captain. Set condition 1-SQ for
strategic missile launch. Spin up missiles one through five,
and twenty through twenty-four. The release of nuclear weapons
has been authorized. This is not a drill.
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Lt. Cmdr. Hunter:
[I]'m Captain Kirk, you're Scotty, I need more
power. I'm telling you, if you do not get this radio up, a
billion people are going to die. Now, it's all up to you.
I know that's a sh**ty deal, but you've got it.
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Capt. Frank Ramsey:
My last breath of polluted air for the next
sixty-five days--gonna miss it--I don't trust air I can't
see.
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Capt. Frank Ramsey:
I can't stand save-asses, and I won't abide
kiss-asses.
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POTC Russell Vossler:
Con-Radio: We are receiving flash traffic,
emergency action message. Recommend alert one, recommend alert
one.
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Capt. Frank Ramsey:
From Portugal, the Lippizaner stallions, the
most highly trained horses in the world--they're all white.
Lt. Cmdr. Hunter:
Yes, sir.
Capt. Frank Ramsey:
"Yes, sir," you're aware they're all white?
Or, "yes, sir," you're seen them?
Lt. Cmdr. Hunter:
Yes, sir, I've seen them. Yes, sir, I'm aware
they're all white. They're not from Portugal, they're from
Spain. And, at birth they're not white, they're black . .
. sir.
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Capt. Frank Ramsey:
It does me no good to kill you, you're the
only one who knows the combination.
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Lt. Cmdr. Hunter:
Radio-Con: Mr. Vossler, this is Captain Kirk.
I need warp speed on that radio.
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Capt. Frank Ramsey:
Mr. Hunter, we have rules that are not open
to interpretation, personal intuition, gut feelings, hairs
on the back of your neck, little devils or angels sitting
on your shoulders.
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Sonar operator:
[L]et's just shoot this fu**er, what's 1000
yards for?
POFC Danny Rivetti:
Because it takes 1000 yards for the torpedoes
to arm. Jesus, who'd you fu** to get on this ship?
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Capt. Frank Ramsey:
If somebody asked me, if we should have bombed
Japan, a simple yes, by all means, drop that fu**er, twice.
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Capt. Frank Ramsey:
I talked to your former C.O. He tells me he
tried to adopt you.
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Capt. Frank Ramsey:
It's all I got to rely on, being a simple-minded,
son-of-a-bitch.
CAST
Capt. Frank Ramsey (Gene
Hackman)
Lt. Cmdr. Hunter (Denzel Washington)
P.O.T.C. Russell Vossler (Lillo Brancato)
P.O.F.C. Danny Rivetti (Danny Nucci)
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