Taps

"I tell you what. Let’s drink to the one thing that never changes, to the one permanent part of a man’s life... honor, indeed. Burglar proof, weather proof, fool proof, one hundred-proof! Honor. Everything else is subject to the... powers that be. To the caprices of often inferior men. But your honor is your own, inviolate. So then- to honor."

"Now, they'll respect the rank. But God knows- they won't respect the man, unless he earns it. And the loyalty of men is always hard to earn."

"[Last words, firing a machine gun] It's beautiful, man! Beautiful!"

"George C. Scott - Brigadier General Harlan Bache, USA (Ret.)"

"Timothy Hutton - Cadet Major Brian Moreland"

"Ronny Cox - Colonel Kerby"

"Sean Penn - Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer"

"Tom Cruise - Cadet Captain David Shawn"

"Brendan Ward - Cadet Plebe Charlie Auden"

"Evan Handler - Cadet First Lieutenant Edward West"

"John P. Navin Jr. - Cadet Plebe Derek Mellott"

"Billy Van Zandt - Cadet Bug"

"Giancarlo Esposito - Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce"

"Donald Kimmel - Cadet Sergeant Billy Haris"

"Tim Wahrer - Cadet Major John Cooper"

"Wayne Tippit - Master Sergeant Kevin Moreland"