Starship Troopers Quotes

“"Bugs, Mr. Rico. Zillions of em!"”

“The basis of all morality is duty.”

“Come on, you apes! You wanta live forever?”

“"To the everlasting glory of the Infantry—"”

“There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.”

“There was no god but the Lieutenant and SGT Jelal was his prophet.”

“When you come right to it, it is easier to die than it is to use your head.”

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“If it has to be done, a man — a real man — shoots his own dog himself; he doesn't hire a proxy who may bungle it.”

“The most noble fate a man can endure is to place his own mortal body between his loved home and the war's desolation.”

“Morals — all correct moral laws — derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level.”

“That old saw about "to understand all is to forgive all" is a lot of tripe. Some things, the more you understand the more you loathe them.”

“"Don't you know about SGT's? ... They don't have mothers. Just ask any trained private." He blew smoke towards us. "They reproduce by fission ... like all bacteria."”

“Without debating the usefulness or morality of planned parenthood, it may be verified by observation that any breed which stops its own increase gets crowded out by breeds which expand.”

“In a mixed ship, the last thing a trooper hears before a drop (maybe the last word he ever hears) is a woman's voice, wishing him luck. If you don't think this is important, you've probably resigned from the human race.”

“"My mother said violence never solves anything." "So?" Mr. Dubois looked at her bleakly. "I'm sure the city fathers of Carthage would be glad to know that."”

“"Rasczak's Roughnecks have got a reputation to uphold. The Lieutenant told me before he bought it to tell you that he will always have his eye on you every minute... and that he expects your names to shine!"”

“"One last thing. I had a letter from Captain Jelal just before we left. He says that his new legs work fine. But he also told me to tell you that he's got you in mind... And that he expects your names to shine!"”

“I have never been able to see how a thirty-year-old moron can vote more wisely than a fifteen-year-old genius . . . but that was the age of the "divine right of the common man." Never mind, they paid for their folly.”

“Basic truths cannot change and once a man of insight expresses one of them it is never necessary, no matter how much the world changes, to reformulate them. This is immutable, true everywhere, throughout all time, for all men and all nations. = External links =”