Rambo III quotes

View Quote Colonel Trautman: You expect sympathy? You started this damn war, now you'll have to deal with it.
Zaysen: And we will. It is just a matter of time before we achieve a complete victory.
Trautman: Yeah, well, there won't be a victory. Every day, your war machines lose ground to a bunch of poorly-armed, poorly-equipped freedom fighters. The fact is that you underestimated your competition. If you'd studied your history, you'd know that these people have never given up to anyone. They'd rather die than be slaves to an invading army. You can't defeat a people like that. We tried; we already had our Vietnam! Now you're gonna have yours.
Zaysen: So, you wish to test me? Good.

View Quote Mousa: This is Afghanistan... Alexander the Great try to conquer this country... then Genghis Khan, then the British. Now Russia. But Afghan people fight hard, they never be defeated. Ancient enemy make prayer about these people... you wish to hear?
Rambo: Um-hum.
Mousa: Very good. It says, "May God deliver us from the venom of the Cobra, teeth of the tiger, and the vengeance of the Afghan." Understand what this means?
Rambo: That you guys don't take any shit?
Mousa: Yes... something like this.

View Quote [Col. Zaysen tries to contact his troops but hears a strange voice]
Zaysen: Who are you?
Rambo: Your worst nightmare.

View Quote [Hamid the boy is curious about Rambo]
Hamid: Where do you come from?
John Rambo: Arizona.
Hamid: How many days' walk?
Rambo: Two years.

View Quote [Soviet forces block Trautman and Rambo as they try to escape Afghanistan]
Zaysen: Drop your weapons! Now! You have no chance of escape! Come forward! I wish to take you back alive! This is your last warning! The choice is yours!
Colonel Trautman: What do you say John?
John Rambo:...**** 'em. [opens fire]

View Quote [The Soviets have attacked a mujahideen hideout]
Masoud: [to Rambo] Now you see how it is here. Somewhere in the war there's supposed to be honor. Where's the honor here? Where? Now, we're taking the survivors to the border. Are you coming?
Rambo: I'm going to the fort.
Masoud: Have you not seen enough death? Go! Go while you can! This isn't your war.
Rambo: It is now.
Masoud: So be it. You're a good friend.

View Quote [Reply to the Afghan freedom fighter who inquired if he had used guns in the past] I've fired a few shots.

View Quote [tries to convince Rambo to join him in Afghanistan] There was a sculptor. He found this stone, a special stone. He dragged it home and he worked on it for months until he finally finished it. When he was ready he showed it to his friends. They said he had created a great masterpiece, but the sculptor said he hadn't created anything. The statue was always there, he just chipped away the rough edges.