Independence Day quotes

View Quote Good morning. [Turns on mic] Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind. That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom… Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution… but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice: We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!

View Quote Must go faster. Must go faster. Must go faster! Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! [Note: Jeff Goldblum also said this line in Jurassic Park.]

View Quote Connie Spano: Our official position is: We have no official position.

View Quote It's Air Force One, for crying out loud, and still he gets sick! Look at me, like a rock. Could be bad weather could be good weather, doesn't matter. We could go up, we could go down, we could go back, we could go forward, we could go side to side. [David runs away, about to throw up] What-what did I say?

View Quote They're using our own satellites against us. And the clock is ticking.

View Quote Major Mitchell: You'll have to forgive the expression, but you're about to get a crash course in modern avionics.

View Quote Cpt. Jimmy Wilder: He's on me like white on rice, big daddy!

View Quote Elvis Enthusiast: Oh, I hope they bring back Elvis!

View Quote [Steve sees an unattended helicopter and gets in]
Burly Soldier: [Pointing his gun at him] What the hell are you doing? Get out of there!
Captain Steven Hiller: Look, I got something I gotta handle, I'm just borrowing it.
Burly Soldier: No you're not, Sir
Captain Steven Hiller: Do you really want to shoot me?
[Pause, then he lowers the gun]
Captain Steven Hiller: Just tell 'em I hit you
[Soldier gives him a look saying, 'who would believe that?']
Bomber PilotMr President this is RetailOp! Squadron is in the air and procceding to target.

View Quote Dr. Okun: [Before showing the aliens to the President Whitmore] This is the vault. Or as some of us have come to call it: The Freak Show.

View Quote Marty Gilbert: [As the shock wave from the alien weapon approaches] Oh, crap.

View Quote Marilyn Whitmore: I didn't know that you'd recognized me.
Jasmine Dubrow: Well, I didn't wanna say nothing. I voted for the other guy.

View Quote Captain Jimmy Wilder: Check me out, Stevie. I'm gonna try something.
Captain Steven Hiller: Don't do nothin' stupid over there.
Captain Jimmy Wilder: You know me.
Captain Steven Hiller: That's what I'm talkin' about.

View Quote Albert Nimzicki: [Jumps up after a nuclear missile hits a city-destroyer] Oh, yeah! It's a hit!

View Quote That's right! That's right! [He is pulled back by his tangle parachute] Get off me! Get off me! [Frees himself] That's what you get! Look at you! Ship all banged up! Who's the man? Huh? Who's the man?! Wait until I get another plane! I'm lining all your friends up right beside you!