"[to Congress] But, once war has been forced upon us, there is no other alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war, there can be no substitute for victory. For history teaches us with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war. Like blackmail, it lays the basis for new and increasingly greater demands until, as in blackmail, violence becomes the only alternative. 'Why?' 'Why,' my soldiers asked of me, 'surrender military advantages to an enemy in the field?' I could not answer. The magnificence of the courage and fortitude of the Korean people defies description. They have chosen to risk death rather than slavery. Their last words to me were: 'Don't scuttle the Pacific.' I am closing my 52 years of military service. When I joined the Army, even before the turn of the century, it was the fulfillment of all of my boyish hopes and dreams. The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point, and the hopes and dreams have long since vanished. But I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barrack ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that 'old soldiers never die, they just fade away.' Like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye."

"Look at him, he's not in uniform, he's in costume."

"Soldier: He's the greatest General since Sergeant York!"

"[addressing West Point cadets] Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, and what you will be. They are your rallying points. They give you a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, a freshness of the deep springs of life, a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, an appetite for adventure over love of ease. In this way, they will teach you to be an officer and a gentleman. From your ranks come the great captains who will hold the nation's destiny in their hands the moment the war tocsin sounds. The Long Gray Line has never failed us. Were you to do so, a million ghosts in olive drab, in brown khaki, in blue and gray, would rise from their white crosses thundering those magic words: 'Duty, Honor, Country.' This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. But always in our minds ring the ominous words of Plato: 'Only the dead have seen the end of war.' ....The shadows are lengthening for me. The twilight is here. My days of old have vanished in tone and tint. They have gone glimmering through the dreams of things that were. Their memory is one of wondrous beauty, watered by tears, and coaxed and caressed by the smiles of yesterday. I listen vainly, but with thirsty ear, for the witching melody of faint bugles blowing reveille, of far drums beating the long roll. In my dreams I hear the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. But, in the evening of my memory, always I return to West Point. Always there echoes and re-echoes: 'Duty, Honor, Country.' Today marks my final roll call with you. I want you to know that when I cross the river, my last conscious thoughts will be of The Corps, and The Corps, and The Corps. I bid you farewell."

"Sandy Kenyon - Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright"

"[reflecting on stopping the flow of Chinese forces across the Yalu] I requested permission to bomb the Yangtze bridges to keep the Chinese out of Korea. They said, "You might bomb the southern half of the bridges only." In my 50 years of military service, I have never learned how to bomb HALF a bridge!"

"The days of the frontal attack are over. Only a mediocre commander would use it. Your good commanders do not turn in heavy losses."

"Gregory Peck - General of the Army General Douglas MacArthur"

"Robert Mandan - Representative Martin"

"Allan Miller - Colonel LeGrande A. Diller"

"Dick O'Neill - Colonel Whitney"

"Addison Powell - Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz"

"Art Garfunkel - Sandy"

"Candice Bergen - Susan"

"Ann-Margret - Bobbie"

"Jack Nicholson - Jonathan"

"Women today are better-hung than the men."

"At one time, it was great what we had... the kidding around. It can't have a natural time span. Affairs can't dissolve in a good way. There's always got to be poison. I don't see why, I really don't see why!"

"Rita Moreno - Louise"

"Alright, where the fuck is my shoehorn? This place is a mess! There's not any food in the house, half the time you look like you fell out of bed! You spend more time in bed than any other human being past the age of 6 months than I ever heard of!"

"Carol Kane - Jennifer"

"Is this an ultimatum? Answer me, you ball-busting, castrating, son of a cunt bitch! Is this an ultimatum or not?"

"You want a job? I got a job for you. Fix up this pigsty! You get a pretty goddammed good salary for testing out this bed all day! You want an extra fifty dollars a week, try vacuuming! You want an extra hundred, make this goddammed bed! Try opening some goddammed windows! That's why you can't stand up in here, the goddammed place smells like a coffin!"

"Why don't you leave me?... For God's sake, I'd almost marry you if you'd leave me."

"Oliver Collignon (Mark Lambert singing) - Nazi youth"

"Helen Vita - Frost"

"Joel Grey - Master of Ceremonies"

"Come to the cabaret."

"Liza Minnelli - Sally Bowles"

"Michael York - Brian Roberts"

"A divinely decadent experience!"

"Life is a cabaret."

"Everybody loves a winner!"

"Fritz Wepper - Fritz Wendel"

"Cabaret... Winner of 8 Academy Awards!"

"Aren't you ever gonna stop deluding yourself, hmm? Handling Max? Behaving like some ludicrous little underage femme fatale? You're... you're about as fatale as an after dinner mint!"

"Do you know what she has done to me? It's terrible! She has turned me into an honest man."

"Leave your troubles outside! So life is disappointing? Forget it! In here, life is beautiful! The girls are beautiful! Even the orchestra is beautiful! [The orchestra plays.] Beautiful!"

"[to Sally Bowles] Doesn't my body drive you wild with desire?"

"Marisa Berenson - Natalia Landauer"

"I'm going to be a great film star! That is, if booze and sex don't get me first."

"[singing] Money makes the world go around."

"And now presenting the cabaret girls! Heidi, Christine, Mouzy, Helga, Betty, und Inge. Each and every one a virgin. You don't believe me? Well, do not take my word for it! Go ahead, ask Helga! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Outside, it is winter. But here, it is so hot. Every night we have the battle to keep the girls from taking off all their clothing. So don't go away. Who knows? Tonight we may lose the battle!"

"[singing] Life is a cabaret, ol' chum, so come to the Cabaret."

"[repeated line] Divine decadence darling."

"Helmut Griem - Maximilian "Max" von Heune"