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No sir, anybody who went out and got into the front line trenches to fight for liberty was a goddamn fool and the guy who got him there was a liar.

— Dalton Trumbo Johnny Got His Gun (1939)

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There's a game out there, and the stakes are high.

Johnny Got His Gun (1939)

Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well.

The Remarkable Andrew (1942)

Pay no attention when they tap you on the shoulder and say come along we've got to fight for liberty, or whatever their word is. There's always a word.

Johnny Got His Gun (1939)

You're less than a dog, less than a rat, less than a bee or an ant, less than a white maggot crawling around on a dungheap. You're dead, mister, and you died for nothing.

Johnny Got His Gun (1939)

But if you stay in the game long enough, you've got to lose. And once you've lost there's no way back, no way at all.

Johnny Got His Gun (1939)

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