Rogers quotes from Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

So, you want to go overseas. Kill some Nazis.

Excuse me?

Dr. Abraham Erskine. I represent the Strategic Scientific Reserve.

Steve Rogers. [introduces himself and shakes his hand] Where are you from?

Queens. 73rd Street and Utopia Parkway. Before that, Germany. This troubles you?

No.

Where are you from, Mr. Rogers? Is it New Haven? Or Paramus? Five exams in five different cities.

That might not be the right file.

No, it's not the exams I'm interested in. It's the five tries. But you didn't answer my question. Do you want to kill Nazis?

Is this a test?

Yes.

I don't want to kill anyone. I don't like bullies. I don't care where they're from.

Well, there are already so many big men fighting this war. Maybe what we need now is a little guy. I can offer you a chance. Only a chance.

I'll take it.

Good. So where is the little guy from? Actually?

Brooklyn.

Congratulations, soldier.

Phillips

You don't win wars with niceness, Doctor. [He takes a grenade and pulls the pin] You win wars with guts. [Tosses it to where the candidates are training] Grenade!

Get away! Get back! [They soon realize it's a dud grenade and are amazed at Steve's bravery] Is this a test?

Phillips

He's still skinny. [Walks away]

Why me?

I suppose that is the only question that matters. [Displaying a bottle of schnapps] This is from Augsburg, my city. So many people forget that the first country the Nazis invaded was their own. You know, after the last war, my people struggled. They felt weak...they felt small. And then Hitler comes along with the marching, and the big show, and the flags, and the, and the... and he hears of me, and my work, and he finds me, and he says "You. You will make us strong." Well, I am not interested. So he sends the head of Hydra, his research division, a brilliant scientist by the name of Johann Schmidt. Now Schmidt is a member of the inner circle and he is ambitious. He and Hitler share a passion for occult power and Teutonic myth. Hitler uses his fantasies to inspire his followers. But for Schmidt, it is not fantasy. For him, it is real. He has become convinced there is a great power hidden in the earth, left here by the gods, waiting to be seized by a superior man. So when he hears about my formula and what it can do, he cannot resist. Schmidt must become that superior man.

Did it make him stronger?

Yeah, but... there were other effects. The serum was not ready. But more important, the man. The serum amplifies everything inside, so good becomes great; bad becomes worse. This is why you were chosen. Because the strong man who has known power all his life, may lose respect for that power, but a weak man knows the value of strength, and knows...compassion.

Thanks. I think.

Get it, get it. Whatever happens tomorrow, you must promise me one thing. You will stay who you are. Not a perfect soldier, but a good man.

To the little guys. [Both men clank their glasses]

No no, wait wait. What am I doing? No, you have procedure tomorrow. No fluids.

Okay, we'll drink it after.

No, I don't have procedure tomorrow. Drink it after? Drink it now. [Drinks the schnapps]

Who the hell are you?

The first of many. Cut off one head, [Bites down a cyanide pill] two more shall take its place. Hail HYDRA! [Froths at the mouth before he dies]

Phillips

Well, if it isn't "the Star-Spangled Man With A Plan". What is your plan today?

I need the casualty list from Azzano.

Phillips

You don't get to give me orders, son.

I just need one name, Sergeant James Barnes from the 107th.

Phillips

You and I are gonna have a conversation later that you won't enjoy.

Please tell me if he's alive, sir. B-A-R-

Phillips

I can spell. I have signed more of these condolence letters today than I would care to count. But the name does sound familiar. I'm sorry.

What about the others? Are you planning a rescue mission?

Phillips

Yes, it's called "winning the war."

But if you know where they are, why not at least...

Phillips

They're 30 miles behind the lines through some of the most heavily fortified territory in Europe. We'd lose more men than we'd save. But I don't expect you to understand that because you're a chorus girl.

I think I understand just fine.

Phillips

Well, then, understand it somewhere else. If I read the posters correctly, you got someplace to be in 30 minutes.

Yes, sir, I do.

Come in. This is Captain Rogers. Do you read me?

Captain Rogers, what is your...[Peggy interrupts]

Steve, is that you? Are you alright?

Peggy, Schmidt's dead!

What about the plane?

That's a little bit tougher to explain.

Give your coordinates. I'll find you a safe landing site.

There's not gonna be a safe landing. But I can try and force it down. [Col Phillips signals Jim Morita and they leave the room.]

I'll get Howard on the line. He'll know what to do.

There's not enough time. This thing's moving too fast and it's heading for New York. I got to put her in the water.

Please, don't do this. We have time. We can work it out.

Right now I'm in the middle of nowhere. If I wait any longer, a lot of people are gonna die. Peggy, this is my choice. [He puts his compass with her picture on one of the controls as he dives the plane down to the ice below] Peggy?

I'm here.

I'm gonna to need a rain check on that dance.

All right. A week, next Saturday, at the Stork Club.

You got it.

8:00 on the dot. Don't you dare be late. Understood?

You know, I still don't know how to dance.

I'll show you how. Just be there.

We'll have the band play something slow. I'd hate to step on your-[radio goes to static]

Steve? Steve? [Colonel Phillips is nearby as a tear drops down Peggy's face] Steve?

At ease, soldier!

Who are you?

Colonel Nick Fury, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. You would have known us as the Strategic Scientific Reserve.

Where am I?

46th and Broadway. Look, I'm sorry about that little show back there, but we didn't know what your mental state might be, so we thought it best to break it to you slowly.

Break what?

You've been asleep, Cap. For almost 70 years.

How am I alive?

Well, to be honest with you, we don't really know. My docs say it was suspended animation. Could be Dr. Erskine's formula, the extreme cold. I don't know.

What about the war? Did we win?

Hell, yes. Unconditional surrender. Taking down HYDRA was a big part of that. But the world hasn't changed all that much. There's still a lot of work to be done. A soldier's work. The world can still use a man like you, Cap. There's a place here for you. [Steve is silent with shock] You gonna be okay?

Yeah. Yeah, I just...I had a date.

Trouble sleeping?

You're here with a mission, sir?

I am.

Trying to get me back in the world?

Trying to save it.