Interpol Agent Jack Valentine couldn't be bought. At least, not with money. For Jack, glory was the prize.
Yuri Orlov
Nicolas Cage · 66 quotes
Father Orlov
5 quotes
Agent Valentine
Ethan Hawke · 4 quotes
Simeon Weisz
Ian Holm · 4 quotes
Andre Baptiste Sr.
Eamonn Walker · 3 quotes
Pilot Alexei
3 quotes
Mother Orlov
2 quotes
Army helicopter mechanic
1 quote
Closing Titles
1 quote
Most scenes together: Yuri Orlov & Father Orlov (4), Yuri Orlov & Andre Baptiste Sr. (3), Yuri Orlov & Pilot Alexei (3)
Lord of War quotes
Page 4 of 6It's not our fight.
Monrovia itself was like being on a new planet. Planet Monrovia. From the temperature, it was obviously planet close to the sun I rarely saw another white man. And, I never left town alone. Outside town was hell of the edge of hell. I didn't want to even gaze into it.
Most people are happy just to get out of jail. I expect to be paid to leave. I'm not a fool. I know that just because they needed me that day didn't mean they wouldn't make me a scapegoat the next. But I was back, doing what I do best.
My father took his assumed identity to heart. He was more Jewish than most Jews. Which drove my Catholicism mother crazy.
Of all the weapons in the vast soviet arsenal nothing was more profitable than Avtomat Kalashnikova model of 1947, more commonly known as the AK-47, or Kalashnikov. It's the worlds most popular assault rifle, a weapon all fighters love. An elegantly simple nine pound amalgamation of forged steel and plywood, it doesn't break, jam, or overheat. It will fire whether it's covered in mud or filled with sand. It's so easy even a child could use it, and they do. The Soviets put the gun on a coin. Mozambique put it on their flag. Since the end of the Cold War, the Kalashnikov has become the Russian people's greatest export. After that comes vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists. One thing is for sure, no one was lining up to buy their cars.
President Baptiste was my best customer, but I was in no hurry to meet him. He got the reputation for routinely hacking of the limbs those who opposed him. His seven years of civil war has been described as a relentless campaign of sadistic wanton violence. That kind of sums up Andy for me.
Remember Yuri, take sides
Say what you like about warlords and dictators; they always pay their bills on time.
Selling guns is like selling vacuum cleaners; you make calls, pound the pavement, take orders. I was an equal-opportunity merchant of death; I supplied to every army but the Salvation Army. I sold Israeli-made Uzis to Muslims...I delivered Communist-made bullets to fascists...I even shipped cargo to Afghanistan while they were fighting my fellow Soviets. I never sold to Osama bin Laden—not on any moral grounds; back then, he was always bouncing checks.
Some of the most successful relationships are based on lies and deceit. Since that's where they usually end up anyway, it's a logical place to start.
Thank God there are still legal ways to exploit developing countries. The only problem with an honest buck is they're so hard to make. The margins are too low. Too many people are doing it.
That's Vitaly, my younger brother. He was as lost as me. He just didn't know it yet.
The end of the Cold War was beginning of the highest time in arms dealing. The arms bazaar was open: Guided missiles, Unguided missiles, mortars, mines, armored personnel carriers, whole tank divisions.
The first and most important rule of gun-running is, never get shot with your own merchandise.