[attempting to walk in the hospital]

Am I good? Hey, [drags himself forward] am I good?

Man, you're one crazy Marine, Kovic - so gung-ho and everything, but you don't know shit about what's really happenin' in this country.

**** you, Willie.

I'm serious man. It ain't about burnin' the flag and Vietnam, man. While we fight for rights over there, we ain't got no rights at home. It's about Detroit and Newark, man. It's about racism, man.

Is that right?

Because you can't get no job at home. Vietnam is a white man's war, a rich man's war.

[contemptuously]

Where's my money?

I'm serious, man, you gotta read some books. There's a revolution going on, Kovic. Brothers are gettin' it together, and if you ain't part of the solution, man, then you're part of the problem.