On the river, I thought that the minute I looked at him, I'd know what to do, but it didn't happen. I was in there with him for days, not under guard, I was free, but he knew I wasn't going anywhere. He knew more about what I was going to do than I did. If the Generals back in Nha Trang could see what I saw, would they still want me to kill him? More than ever, probably. And what would his people back home want if they ever learned just how far from them he'd really gone? He broke from them, and then he broke from himself. I'd never seen a man so broken up and ripped apart.
A. J. MacInerney in "The American President"
Captain Benjamin L. Willard in "Apocalypse Now"
Kit Carruthers in "Badlands"
[on a recording] My girl Holly and I have decided to kill ourselves, same way I did her Dad. Big decision, huh? Uh, the reasons are obvious, and I don't have time to go into them right now. But uh, one thing, though. He was provoking me when I popped him. That's what it was like, a Pop! We're sorry, I mean, uhm, nobody's coming out of this thing happy, especially not us. I can't deny we've had fun, though. I mean, uhm, that's more than I can say for some. That's the end of the message. I run out of things to say. Thank you.
A. J. MacInerney in "The American President"
Kit Carruthers in "Badlands"
Captain Benjamin L. Willard in "Apocalypse Now"
Never get out of the boat. Absolutely goddamn right. Unless you were goin' all the way. Kurtz got off the boat. He split from the whole fuckin' program.
Kit Carruthers in "Badlands"
A. J. MacInerney in "The American President"
Captain Benjamin L. Willard in "Apocalypse Now"
If that's how Kilgore fought the war, I began to wonder what they really had against Kurtz. It wasn't just insanity and murder, there was enough of that to go around for everyone.
A. J. MacInerney in "The American President"
Kit Carruthers in "Badlands"
Captain Benjamin L. Willard in "Apocalypse Now"
Well, if anyone needs me, I'll be in the Roosevelt room, giving Lewis oxygen.
Kit Carruthers in "Badlands"
Captain Benjamin L. Willard in "Apocalypse Now"
A. J. MacInerney in "The American President"
[on a recording] Listen to your parents and teachers. They got a line on most things, so don't treat 'em like enemies. There's always an outside chance you can learn something. Try to keep an open mind. Try to understand the viewpoints of others. Consider the minority opinion, but try to get along with the majority of opinion once it's accepted. Of course, Holly and I have had fun, even if it has been rushed, and uh, so far, we're doing fine, hadn't got caught. Excuse the grammar.
A. J. MacInerney in "The American President"
Kit Carruthers in "Badlands"
Captain Benjamin L. Willard in "Apocalypse Now"
[to his arresting officers] Well, you boys have performed like a couple of heroes. And don't think I'm not gonna pass it around when we get to town.
Kit Carruthers in "Badlands"
Captain Benjamin L. Willard in "Apocalypse Now"
A. J. MacInerney in "The American President"
Someday this war's gonna end. That'd be just fine with the boys on the boat. They weren't looking for anything more than a way home. Trouble is, I'd been back there, and I knew that it just didn't exist anymore.
Kit Carruthers in "Badlands"
A. J. MacInerney in "The American President"
Captain Benjamin L. Willard in "Apocalypse Now"
How many people had I already killed? There was those six that I know about for sure. Close enough to blow their last breath in my face. But this time it was an American and an officer. That wasn't supposed to make any difference to me, but it did. Shit … charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500. I took the mission. What the hell else was I gonna do? But, I really didn't know what I'd do when I found him.
A. J. MacInerney in "The American President"
Kit Carruthers in "Badlands"
Captain Benjamin L. Willard in "Apocalypse Now"
I got it all planned - and, uh, I'm taking Holly off with me.
Kit Carruthers in "Badlands"
Captain Benjamin L. Willard in "Apocalypse Now"
A. J. MacInerney in "The American President"
You've said it yourself a million times. If there had been a TV in every living room sixty years ago, this country does not elect a man in a wheelchair.
A. J. MacInerney in "The American President"
Kit Carruthers in "Badlands"
Captain Benjamin L. Willard in "Apocalypse Now"
Part of me was afraid of what I would find and what I would do when I got there. I knew the risks, or imagined I knew. But the thing I felt the most, much stronger than fear, was the desire to confront him.
A. J. MacInerney in "The American President"
Captain Benjamin L. Willard in "Apocalypse Now"
Kit Carruthers in "Badlands"