A Few Good Men 1992
Now you're asking us to sign a piece of paper that says we have no honor. You're asking us to say we're not Marines.
Take caution in your tone, Commander. I'm a fair guy, but this fucking heat is making me absolutely crazy.
*You're God damn right I did!*
#fc5ab7f5 / read by Akanksha-14
Do you have an answer to the question, Colonel?
#fbed5c91 / read by Shriram-60
Maybe he was an early riser and liked to pack in the morning. And maybe he didn't have any friends.
You don't need to wear a patch on your arm to have honor.
#f4b0023e / read by Shriram-60
Colonel Jessup! Do you understand these rights as I have just read them to you?
Don't call me son. I'm a lawyer, and an officer in the United States Navy, and you're under arrest you son of a bitch.
Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post.
#ee5f9ffd / read by Shriram-60
.. then you're going to be subject to a court martial for professional misconduct and that is something that's going to be stapled to every job application that you ever fill out.
Commander, I'd like you to leave the room so we can talk about you behind your back.
.. and seven men and two women whom you've never met will try to offer you an explanation as to why William is dead.
Have I done something to offend you?
#e822c2fa / read by Shriram-60
Are you planning on doing any investigating, or are you just gonna take the guided tour?
We follow orders, son. We follow orders or people die. It's that simple. Are we clear?
#e76b11d0 / read by Shriram-60
Colonel Jessup, you have the right to remain silent. Any statement you make...
You got bullied into that courtroom, Danny, by everyone. By Dawson. By Galloway. Shit, I practically dared you.
I'm an educated man, but I'm afraid I can't speak intelligently about the travel habits of William Santiago.
Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you'll give this general court martial will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you God?
Maybe, if we work at it, we can get Dawson charged with the Kennedy assassination.
Ah, we're in luck then. Standard Operating Procedures, Rifle Security Company, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
#dacb212d / read by Akanksha-14
Well, we appreciate that, but you are under oath now, and I think as unpleasant as it may be, we'd all just as soon hear the truth.
Yeah we did. We were supposed to fight for people who couldn't fight for themselves. We were supposed to fight for Willy.
What I do know is that he was set to leave the base at 0600.
#ccbefa1d / read by Shriram-60
Absolutely. My answer is I don't have the first damn clue.
#cc212545 / read by Shriram-60
Either way, I don't give a *damn* what you think you are entitled to!
#c9fb947e / read by Shriram-60
Your boys are going down, Danny. I can't stop it anymore.
#c83d8058 / read by Shriram-60
Look at this, last night he's swimming in Jack Daniels and now he can leap tall buildings in a single bound.
He eats breakfast 300 yards away from 4000 Cubans that are trained to kill him.
#bf87e602 / read by Akanksha-14
So this is what a courtroom looks like.
#bab6e222 / read by Shriram-60
I run my unit how I run my unit. You want to investigate me, roll the dice and take your chances.
#b9400d02 / read by Shriram-60
I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans who are trained to kill me, so don't think for one second that you can come down here, flash a badge, and make me nervous.
#b8847fe8 / read by Akanksha-14
Cmdr. Galloway, Lt. Kaffee is considered to be the best litigator in our office. He successfully plea bargained 44 cases in 9 months.
#b71ce963 / read by Akanksha-14
They tortured and tormented a weaker kid. They didn't like him. So, they killed him. And why? Because he couldn't run very fast.
You got bullied into that courtroom by the memory of a dead lawyer.
#b4c130f9 / read by Shriram-60
Consider yourself in contempt!
#b23745d2 / read by Shriram-60
Lieutenant, you signed three Proficiency and Conduct reports on Santiago, and in all three reports, you indicate a rating of below average.
#b0a4adc3 / read by Akanksha-14
Oh, hah, I'm sorry, I keep forgetting. You were sick the day they taught law at law school.
You're a lousy fucking softball player, Jack!
#abd2eb60 / NSFW / read by Shriram-60
Corporal, would you turn to the page in this book that says where the mess hall is, please?
Do you recall why Dawson was given such a poor grade on this last report?
#a6a0c696 / read by Akanksha-14
Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
And the witness will address this court as 'Judge' or 'Your Honor.' I'm quite certain I've earned it. Take your seat, Colonel.
Excuse me. I didn't dismiss you.
#a3c0d3a3 / read by Shriram-60
I need my bat. I think better with my bat. Where's my bat?
#a084b447 / read by Shriram-60
Would it be so it never sees the inside of a courtroom?
#9d7d451e / read by Shriram-60
They beat up on a weakling; that's all they did. The rest is just smokefilled coffee-house crap.
The cover-up isn't our case - to win Jessup needs to tell the court members that he ordered the code red.
In a matter of time, the trial of the two men charged with your son's death will be concluded ..
I represent the government of the United States without passion or prejudice and my client has a case! There you go.
Please tell me that you have something more, Lieutenant. These two Marines are on trial for their lives.
I say we hit Jessup with the phony transfer order.
#89361e3f / read by Shriram-60
You have the luxury of not knowing what I know; that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives.
.. and then questions the manner in which I provide it! I would rather you just said 'thank you' and went on your way.
Good. Jessup told Kendrick to order the code red, Kendrick did and our clients followed the order.
Lieutenant Kendrick, in your opinion was Private Santiago a good Marine?
#7bd7da48 / read by Akanksha-14
I would appreciate it if you would address me as 'Colonel' or 'Sir.' I believe I've earned it.
I think he wants to say it. I think he's pissed off that he's gotta hide from this.
#78f3ca17 / read by Akanksha-14
We joined the Marines because we wanted to live our lives by a certain code, and we found it in the Corps.
#763278a2 / read by Akanksha-14
You see Danny, I can deal with the bullets, and the bombs, and the blood. I don't want money, and I don't want medals.
#74591045 / read by Akanksha-14
The transfer order that Markinson signed is a phony. Jessup's statement that the 6am flight was the first available is a lie. We're checking the tower chief's log.
#71018a83 / read by Akanksha-14
Corporal Barnes, I hold here the Marine Outline for Recruit Training. You're familiar with this book?
#70ee4561 / read by Akanksha-14
Have you ever spent time in an infantry unit, son?
#70959cec / read by Shriram-60
And nobody's going to tell him how to run his unit least of all the Harvard mouth in his faggoty white uniform.
_No, I like_ all you Navy boys. Every time we've gotta go someplace to fight, you fellas always give us a ride.
I'm your friend and I'm telling you, I don't think your clients belong in jail but I don't get to make that decision!
#6ed67764 / read by Akanksha-14
Anyway, since we seem to be out of witnesses, I thought I'd drink a little.
Well, well, you see, sir code red is a term that we use. I mean, just down at Gitmo. I don't know if it's actually...
_You don't want the truth_ because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall.
I don't understand. How did you know where the mess hall was if it's not in this book?
#62e15ba9 / read by Shriram-60
_Please tell me their lawyer_ hasn't pinned their hopes to a phone bill.
I'm sure I don't. I have many men in my charge, Lieutenant. I write many reports.
#5c0ac4db / read by Shriram-60
_What I do want is_ for you to stand there in that faggoty white uniform and with your Harvard mouth extend me some fucking courtesy.
I think he wants to say that he made a command decision and that's the end of it.
Now, are these really the questions I was called here to answer? Phone calls and foot lockers?
_I have_ neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide ..
We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline.
If a court decides that what we did was wrong, then I'll accept whatever punishment they give.
Private Santiago is dead, and that is a tragedy.
#51797974 / read by Shriram-60
I'm gonna get on a plane and go on back to my base.
#4ea8a7be / read by Shriram-60
And don't wear that perfume in court, it wrecks my concentration.
#4c92c567 / read by Shriram-60
What a relief. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to use the liar-liar-pants-on-fire defense.
What a relief. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to use the liar-liar-pants-on-fire defense.
#480d4125-a / read by VIVEK-96
I need to shake him, put him on the defensive and lead him right where he's dying to go.
Why does a Lieutenant Junior Grade with nine months' experience and a track record for plea bargaining get assigned to a murder case?
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Santiago, I was William's executive officer. I knew your son vaguely, which is to say I knew his name.
If you speak to a client of mine again without my permission, I'll have you disbarred. Friends?
Because they stand on a wall and say, 'Nothing's going to hurt you tonight, not on my watch.'
#35c897d7 / read by Akanksha-14
What do you wanna discuss now? My favorite color?
#304eee79 / read by Shriram-60
And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, *saves lives*.
Is there no book, no manual or pamphlet, no set of orders or regulations that lets me know that, as a Marine, one of my duties is to perform code reds?
Markinson's not going to hold up, Danny, he's a crazy man! Now, I'm not telling you this to intimidate you I'm being your lawyer here.
But I believe I was right sir, I believe I did my job, and I will not dishonor myself, my unit, or the Corps so I can go home in six months.
Now I want you to acknowledge that the Judge Advocate has made you aware of the possible consequences of accusing a Marine officer of a felony without proper evidence.
Ever put your life in another man's hands, ask him to put his life in yours?
Yes sir, we'll be riding pretty close to the fence line. The Cubans see an officer wearing white, they think it might be someone they'd wanna take a shot at.
I'm being charged with a crime? Is that what this is? I'm being charged with a crime? This is funny.
Oh, spare me the psychobabble father bullshit.
#1b4cb117 / read by Akanksha-14
What is this? What's going on? I did my job, I'd do it again!
#103b53c8 / read by Subhajit-81
You mean to say in all your time at Gitmo, you've never had a meal?
#0ebc3acc / read by Subhajit-81
Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom.
#0ea11574 / read by Akanksha-14
Alright. I have an obligation to tell you that if you accuse Kendrick or Jessup of any crime without proper evidence ..
#0e9b016a / read by Subhajit-81
And the truth is this: Your son is dead for only one reason. I wasn't strong enough to stop it.
#0d470a32 / read by Akanksha-14
Commander, from what I understand, if this thing goes to court, they won't need a lawyer, they'll need a priest.
#0d34d49e / read by Akanksha-14
But he is dead because he had no code. He is dead because he had no honor, and God was watching.
#0ab4e9db / read by Akanksha-14
I don't understand... Colonel Jessup said he ordered the Code Red. What did we do wrong? We did nothing wrong!
Is the colonel's underwear a matter of national security?
#0903b3b3 / read by Akanksha-14
I've got some camouflage jackets in the Jeep, sirs, I suggest you both put them on.
And in the hands of a lesser attorney that'd be a problem.
#07f14501 / read by Subhajit-81
Now, I assume we'll find the term code red and its definition in that book. Am I correct?
#0555de08 / read by Shriram-60