Lions for Lambs

"Rome is burning, son. And the problem is not with the people that started this; theyre past irredeemable. The problem is with us, all of us, who do nothing. Who just fiddle. Who try to maneuver around the edges of the flame. And Ill tell you something - there are people out there, day to day, who are fighting to make things better."

"Youre good with words, Todd. But you know what would make them even better? If they had a heartbeat."

"Tom Cruise - Senator Jasper Irving (R-IL)"

"We walk, and Afghanistan reverts back to the Taliban. Only now the Taliban has metastasized into something infinitely more vicious and potent because theyre now 2-0 versus superpowers. They butcher the people who helped us, who voted and were stupid enough to put their faith in our word. So call it not only the end of hope for tens of millions of Afghans, but the end of American credibility, the end of America as a force for righteousness in the world. And when were forced to go back in a couple years, and please quote me on this, well be squared off against a shattered Iraq, a hopeless Afghanistan, and a nuclear Iran. How many troops are we going to need then? I guarantee youll be adding some zeros."

"The decisions you make now, bud, cant be changed but with years and years of hard work to redo it... And in those years you become something different. Everybody does as the time passes. You get married, you get into debt... But youre never gonna be the same person you are right now. And promise and potential... Its very fickle, and it just might not be there anymore."

"In a sense were both on the same team. Were teammates. Were both have a responsibility. Youve already sold the war. Now Im asking you to help me sell the solution."