Born on the Fourth of July
Release: December 20, 1989
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Ron:
"Can I break through your complacency? Do you have compassion for the people suffering in this war? I'm telling you this war is a crime."
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Charlie:
"You know, you're really drunk on this Mescal shit, when you swallow the worm and don't even know you did it."
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Steve:
"I got a drive-in window, too. It's the first one in Long Island. It's clean, it's cheap, it's fast. Feed the family for $3.95. And check out these chicks, will ya? I got them all wearin' those new miniskirts. Right. It's my idea. It's good for tips. The customers always come back."
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News Reporter:
"How well, Colonel, do you think the individual American soldier will stand up here in Vietnam?"
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Ron:
"Don't you remember what President Kennedy said? There's not gonna be an America any more unless there are people who are willing to sacrifice. I love my country, Dad."
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Ron:
"Our dads got to go to WWII. This is our chance to do something - to be part of history, guys."
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Coach:
"I want that high school championship! If you want to win, you got to suffer! You want to be the best? You got to pay the price for victory, and the price is sacrifice. Sacrifice, people."
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Ron:
"Is that what we get? A spit in the face! We're never going to let the people of the United States forget the Vietnam War. We won't have it. You're not going to sweep it under the rug because you didn't like the ratings - like some television... This wheelchair, our wheelchairs, this steel, our steel, is your Memorial Day on wheels. We are your Yankee Doodle Dandy come home. We're your Yankee Doodle Dandy come home."
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Steve:
" You probably think it's just a hamburger. A patty's just a piece of meat, but it can have character. See that doughnut hole? Gets 18 patties to the pound instead of 16. Saves me about $40,000 a year. That's serious money, Ron. I plug the hole with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, spices. I cover it with a pickle. They'll never miss a thing."
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Ron:
"My name's Ron Kovic. I'm a Vietnam veteran. I'm here to say that this war is wrong, that this society lied to me, and my brothers. It deceived the people in this country. It tricked them into going 13,000 miles to fight a war against a poor peasant people who have a proud history of resistance, who have been struggling for their own independence for 1,000 years - the Vietnamese people."
Ron:
"I can't - I can't find the words to express how the leadership of this government *sickens* me. Now, people say - people say if you don't love America, then get the hell out. Well, I love America. We love the people of America very much. But when it comes to the government, it stops right there. The government is a bunch of corrupt thieves. They are *rapists* and robbers."
Ron:
"We are here to say - that we don't have to take it any more. We are here to say - we are here to tell the truth. They're killing our brothers in Vietnam. We want them to hear the truth tonight."
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Recruiting Sargeant:
" First off, young men, let's get one thing straight. Not everybody becomes United States Marines. We want the best and we'll accept nothing but the best. Because there is nothing prouder, nothing finer, nothing standing as straight as a United States Marine. Now they got the Army, they got the Navy, they got the Air Farce, and if you want to join them, be my guest."
Recruiting Sargeant:
"But if you want a challenge, if you want to try something difficult, if you want to try to achieve the impossible - you try 13 weeks of hell at Parris Island, South Carolina and you'll find out if you got what it takes, find out if you really are a man, then the Marines may be what you're looking for. Tarawa... Iwo Jima... Belleau Wood... the frozen Chosin Reservoir. First to fight! We have never lost a war. We have always come when our country's called us."
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Ron:
"You don't get it. You don't get it. You had a town once, Charlie, and a mother and father. Things - thing that made sense. Do you remember things that made sense, things you could count on, before we all got so lost? What are we going to do, Charlie? What am I going to do, man?"
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