Platoon Quotes
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Chris Taylor : [ voiceover ] I think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy; we fought ourselves. The enemy was in us. The war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days. As I'm sure Elias will be, fighting with Barnes for what Rhah called "possession of my soul." There are times since, I've felt like a child, born of those two fathers. But be that as it may, those of us who did make it have an obligation to build again. To teach to others what we know, and to try with what's left of our lives to find a goodness and a meaning to this life.
Chris Taylor : [ voiceover ] I think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy; we fought ourselves. The enemy was in us. The war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days. As I'm sure Elias will be, fighting with Barnes for what Rhah called "possession of my soul." There are times since, I've felt like a child, born of those two fathers. But be that as it may, those of us who did make it have an obligation to build again. To teach to others what we know, and to try with what's left of our lives to find a goodness and a meaning to this life.
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Sgt. O'Neill : Bob, I got a bad feeling on this one, all right? I mean I got a bad feeling! I don't think I'm gonna make it outta here! D'ya understand what I'm sayin' to you?
Sgt. Barnes : Everybody gotta die some time, Red.
Sgt. Barnes : Everybody gotta die some time, Red.
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Sgt. Barnes : Martin, get your boots on. And the next time I catch you spraying skeeter repellent on your fuckin' feet, I'm gonna court martial your nigger ass.
Junior : Well then court-martial me, motherfucker! Fuck my ass, send me to fucking Long Binh! You do your fucking work! You white folks have got your last klick out of Junior!
Sgt. Barnes : O'Neil, get me that centipede.
Sgt. O'Neill : Sarge?
Sgt. Barnes : Yeah, that long hairy red and black bastard I found in the ammo crate. I'm gonna put it in this boy's crotch, see if he can walk.
Sgt. O'Neill : Oh, yeah. I remember now.
Junior : Well then court-martial me, motherfucker! Fuck my ass, send me to fucking Long Binh! You do your fucking work! You white folks have got your last klick out of Junior!
Sgt. Barnes : O'Neil, get me that centipede.
Sgt. O'Neill : Sarge?
Sgt. Barnes : Yeah, that long hairy red and black bastard I found in the ammo crate. I'm gonna put it in this boy's crotch, see if he can walk.
Sgt. O'Neill : Oh, yeah. I remember now.
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Chris Taylor : It's the way the whole thing works, people like Elias get wasted, people like Barnes just go on making up the rules any way they want. So what do we do? Sit in the middle and suck on it. We just don't add up to dry shit, King.
King : Whoever said we did, man? All you got to do is make it out of here. It's all gravy, everyday the rest of your life, gravy.
King : Whoever said we did, man? All you got to do is make it out of here. It's all gravy, everyday the rest of your life, gravy.
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Chris Taylor : He killed him, I know that he killed him, I saw his eyes when we came back in.
Rhah : How do you know the dinks didn't get him? You've got no proof, man.
Chris Taylor : The proof is in the eyes, when you know you know.
Rhah : How do you know the dinks didn't get him? You've got no proof, man.
Chris Taylor : The proof is in the eyes, when you know you know.
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Rhah : Elias didn't ask you to fight his battles for him. And if there's a heaven, and God I hope there is, I know he's sittin' up there drunk as a fuckin' monkey and smokin' shit, cause he done left his pains down here.
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Chris Taylor : Anyway you cut it, Barnes is a fucking murderer!
King : Right on.
Rhah : Taylor, I remember when you first came in here, telling me how much you admired the bastard.
Chris Taylor : I was wrong.
Rhah : Wrong? You ain't never been right, about nothing! And dig this you assholes, and dig it good. Barnes has been shot seven times and he ain't dead, does that mean anything to you, huh? Barnes ain't meant to die! The only thing that can kill Barnes is Barnes.
King : Right on.
Rhah : Taylor, I remember when you first came in here, telling me how much you admired the bastard.
Chris Taylor : I was wrong.
Rhah : Wrong? You ain't never been right, about nothing! And dig this you assholes, and dig it good. Barnes has been shot seven times and he ain't dead, does that mean anything to you, huh? Barnes ain't meant to die! The only thing that can kill Barnes is Barnes.
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Chris Taylor : [ narrating ] Well, here I am, anonymous all right. With guys nobody really cares about. They come from the end of the line, most of 'em. Small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania. Two years' high school's about it, maybe if they're lucky a job waiting for them back at 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? They're the bottom of the barrel and they know it. Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart & soul.
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Chris Taylor : [ narrating ] Maybe I finally found it, way down here in the mud. Maybe from down here I can start up again, be something I can be proud of, without having to fake it, be a fake human being.
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King : Hey, Taylor, how in the fuck you get here anyway? You look educated.
Chris Taylor : I volunteered for it.
King : You did what?
Chris Taylor : I volunteered. I dropped out of college, told 'em I wanted the infantry, combat, Vietnam.
Crawford : You volunteered for this shit, man?
Chris Taylor : Believe that?
King : You's a crazy fucker, giving up college?
Chris Taylor : Didn't make much sense, I wasn't learning anything. I figured why should just the poor kids go off to war and the rich kids always get away with it.
King : Oh, I see, what we got here is a crusader.
Crawford : Sounds like it.
King : Shiiit, you gotta be rich in the first place to think like that. Ever'body know, the poor are always being fucked over by the rich. Always have, always will.
Chris Taylor : I volunteered for it.
King : You did what?
Chris Taylor : I volunteered. I dropped out of college, told 'em I wanted the infantry, combat, Vietnam.
Crawford : You volunteered for this shit, man?
Chris Taylor : Believe that?
King : You's a crazy fucker, giving up college?
Chris Taylor : Didn't make much sense, I wasn't learning anything. I figured why should just the poor kids go off to war and the rich kids always get away with it.
King : Oh, I see, what we got here is a crusader.
Crawford : Sounds like it.
King : Shiiit, you gotta be rich in the first place to think like that. Ever'body know, the poor are always being fucked over by the rich. Always have, always will.
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[ Chris Taylor takes his first hit of marijuana ]
Sgt. Elias : First time?
Chris Taylor : Yeah.
Sgt. Elias : Then the worm has definitely turned for you, man. Feel good?
Chris Taylor : Yeah, it feels good. I got no pain in my neck now.
Sgt. Elias : Feelin' good's good enough.
Sgt. Elias : First time?
Chris Taylor : Yeah.
Sgt. Elias : Then the worm has definitely turned for you, man. Feel good?
Chris Taylor : Yeah, it feels good. I got no pain in my neck now.
Sgt. Elias : Feelin' good's good enough.
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Bunny : I told the padre the truth, man: I like it here. You get to do what you want. Nobody fucks with you. The only worry you got is dyin', and if that happens you won't know about it anyway. So what the fuck, man?
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Sgt. Elias : Barnes believes in what he's doing.
Chris Taylor : And you?
Sgt. Elias : Back in '65? Yeah. Now, no. What happened today is just the beginning. We're gonna lose this war.
Chris Taylor : And you?
Sgt. Elias : Back in '65? Yeah. Now, no. What happened today is just the beginning. We're gonna lose this war.
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Sgt. Barnes : Elias was full of shit. Elias was a crusader. Now I got no problem with any man does what he's told, but when he don't, the machine breaks down. And when the machine breaks down, WE break down. And I'm not gonna allow that, from any of you. Not one.
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Rhah : What did you turn in to the underworld for, Taylor?
King : This here ain't Taylor. Taylor's dead! This here is Chris. He's been resurrected.
King : This here ain't Taylor. Taylor's dead! This here is Chris. He's been resurrected.
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Sgt. Barnes : Y'all loved Elias. And you want to kick ass. Yeah. Well, here I am, all by my lonesome. And there ain't anybody gonna know. Six of you boys against me. Kill me. [ Everyone stays put ]
Sgt. Barnes : Yeah. I shit on all of you!
Sgt. Barnes : Yeah. I shit on all of you!
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Lt. Wolf : Barnes, what's the hold up? Six says we're jamming him up back there.
Sgt. Barnes : Tell that dipshit to get fucked! [ turns to Chris ]
Sgt. Barnes : What the hell's the matter with you, Taylor? You are one simple son of a bitch!
Sgt. Barnes : Tell that dipshit to get fucked! [ turns to Chris ]
Sgt. Barnes : What the hell's the matter with you, Taylor? You are one simple son of a bitch!
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Sgt. O'Neill : Guy's in three years and thinks he's Jesus Fucking Christ or something.
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Sgt. Elias : Barnes! Barnes! What the fuck do you think you're doing?
Sgt. Barnes : Stay outta this, Elias, this ain't your show.
Sgt. Elias : [ shouts ] You ain't a firing squad, you piece of shit! [ Elias and Barnes fight, the others try to stop them from fighting ]
Sgt. Barnes : You're done, Elias! I swear to fuckin' God, you're done.
Sgt. Barnes : Stay outta this, Elias, this ain't your show.
Sgt. Elias : [ shouts ] You ain't a firing squad, you piece of shit! [ Elias and Barnes fight, the others try to stop them from fighting ]
Sgt. Barnes : You're done, Elias! I swear to fuckin' God, you're done.
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Sgt. Barnes : Stay outta this, Elias. This ain't your show.
Sgt. Elias : You ain't a firing squad, you PIECE OF SHIT!
Sgt. Elias : You ain't a firing squad, you PIECE OF SHIT!
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Pvt. Gator Lerner : He says he was hit in a bombing raid.
Tony Hoyt : He's a dink f'sure!
Tony Hoyt : He's a dink f'sure!
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