Oh man... the bullshit piled up so fast in Vietnam, you needed wings to stay above it.
Read more Captain Benjamin L. Willard QuotesFrom: Apocalypse Now
Have you ever considered any real freedoms? Freedoms from the opinion of others... even the opinions of yourself?
Well, he wasn't a bad officer, I guess. He loved his boys, and he felt safe with 'em. He was just one of those guys with that weird light around him. He just knew he wasn't gonna get so much as a scratch here.
Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a mission, and for my sins, they gave me one. Brought it up to me like room service. It was a real choice mission, and when it was over, I never wanted another.