A scene from Born on the Fourth of July 1989
Ron Kovic

What are we gonna do now?

Charlie

**** 'em.

Ron Kovic

Yeah. Sure. How are we gonna get outta here?

Charlie

**** 'em all. **** the whores. **** the cab drivers... **** Mexico. **** Nixon, **** Vietnam, ****'em all.

Ron Kovic

Yeah, Charlie, but how are we gonna get outta here?

Charlie

They made me kill babies, man. Little gook babies. You ever have to kill a baby?

Ron Kovic

Yeah, O.K. come on, we gotta get back to the villa.

Charlie

**** YOU! [drawing closer]

Ron Kovic

Gotta get back to the villa.

Charlie

What do you mean "ok"?! What do you mean "ok"? You ever have to kill a baby, you ever have to kill a little gook baby?!!

Ron Kovic

What the **** do you know what I did!! [wheels away]

Charlie

I didn't think so. I didn't think so, you're full of shit.

Ron Kovic

No, you are! The ****? Leave me the **** alone. You're nuts, you know that? You're nuts. The ****in sun is goin' down! what do you know what the **** comes out here at night? We gotta get outta here.

Charlie

Don't shit me, Kovic. [again drawing closer] You never killed a baby. You never HAD to kill a baby because... you never put your soul into that war. You never put your soul on the line, man!

Ron Kovic

How do you know? How the **** do you know? maybe I killed babies. Maybe I killed more babies than you did, you ****! Maybe I killed a whole bunch' a babies, but I don't talk about it! I don't have to talk about it.(wheels away)

Charlie

Why not? Wh-Why the **** not? What do you think you are- better than anybody else? You a hero is that it?

Ron Kovic

**** you!

Charlie

Maybe you got a whole bunch'a ****in' medals, but deep down you know you're full of shit. You never fought that war. YOU WEREN'T EVEN THERE, MAN!

Ron Kovic

(Stops. Turns back, enraged)

What the **** did you mean "I wasn't there", man? What did you mean?

Charlie

What the **** are you hidin' from?

Ron Kovic

I'm not the one that's hidin'. You're the one that's hidin'- down here in Mexico- you're the one that's hidin'! What are you hidin' from you whiny ****!

Charlie

Don't shit me. You never killed anybody or anything, did ya, Kovic? Did ya?

Ron Kovic

Did you?!

Charlie

DID YA?!!!

Ron Kovic

Did you?!

Charlie

Ya ever look at yourself in the ****in' mirror?

Ron Kovic

Did you?

Charlie

**** you.

Ron Kovic

You.

Charlie

No. You! **** YOU!!!

Ron Kovic

No, **** YOU!!

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