Famous Speeches: A Few Good Men

I've been meaning to put this one up for a while.

WARNING: LANGUAGE!

Lieutenant Kaffee: Colonel Jessep! Did you order the "code red?!!"

Judge Randolph: You don't have to answer that question!




Jessep: I'll answer the question. You want answers?

Lieutenant Kaffee: I think I'm entitled to them.

Jessep: You want answers?!

Lieutenant Kaffee: I want the truth!

Jessep: You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know -- that Santiago's , while tragic, probably saved lives; and my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall -- you need me on that wall.




We use words like "honor," "code," "loyalty." We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it.

I would rather that you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand the post. Either way, I don't give a DAMN what you think you're entitled to!




Lieutenant Kaffee: Did you order the "code red?"

Jessep: I did the job I was --

Lieutenant Kaffee: -- Did you order the "code red?!"




Jessep: You're god damn right I did!!!

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[tacomonster5]

"did you say jack nicholson is the best actor"

"YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I DID"

[Speirs248]

27 people cant handle the truth

[armoredplacoderm]

@armoredplacoderm

That said, the Marine Colonel in this movie is an absolute clown and was wrong in what he did, both morally and professionally. He didn't save any lives by making an example of the Marine under his command, and he is a terrible CO for not taking personal responsibility for the death of a Marine under him.

[armoredplacoderm]

@nickmattedwards

I think it is you who are naive. There are evil people in the world. There are people that kill others for their own pleasure, to increase their power, to take something from them they want, for any number of reasons. These are the people that we make walls for. Sometimes we call these walls "prison" and sometimes the men with guns are called police. Sometimes the walls are actual walls and the men with guns are called "soldiers."

[nickmattedwards]

@mattrR678

Militarism is the physical manifestation of the externalisation of human ignorance, that internal enemy cannot be defeated on the external battlefield, we are fighting the wrong war.

[UnshapenDonkey]

Warning Language? are you serious....

[JESSExERA]

@napalm113 negro please, the only secret fleet they have are bannaboats!!

Its those damm germans you should be worried about lol

[mattrR678]

@nickmattedwards You need to pickup a gun and get on that wall.

[napalm113]

those damn Cubans! if we lower our guard for a second they will unleash their secret fleet of landing craft and invade the US.

[OilyTower]

Now kindly leave my house Tom Cruise!

You been here for like a week!

[jxice1]

Al Pacino's speech at the end of "Scent of a Women" is way better...