Captain America: The First Avenger Quotes

Red Skull You don't give up, do you?

Captain America Nope!

Red Skull You could have the power of the gods! Yet you wear a flag on your chest and think you fight a battle of nations! I have seen the future, Captain! There are no flags!

Captain America Not my future!

Steve Who the hell are you?!

Heinz Kruger The first of many. Cut off one head, two more shall take its place. Hail HYDRA!

Erskine So... you want to go overseas? Kill some ]?

Steve Excuse me?

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

Steve Steve Rogers. Where are you from?

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

Steve No.

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

Steve That might not be the right file.

Erskine 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 ]?

Steve Is this a ]?

Erskine Yes.

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

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

Steve I'll take it.

Erskine ]. So where is the little guy from? Actually?

Steve Brooklyn.

Erskine Congratulations, soldier.

SS General Roeder The Führer is not accustomed to being ignored, Herr Schmidt. He funds your research because you promised him weapons.

SS General Schneider You serve at his pleasure. He gave you this facility as a reward for your injuries.

Schmidt Reward? Call it what it is, exile. I no longer reflect his vision of Aryan perfection.

Roeder You think this is about appearances? Your HYDRA division has failed to produce so much as a rifle in over a year. And we had learned through local intelligence you had mounted a full-scale incursion into Norway.

Schneider The Führer feels, how does he put it? "The Red Skull has been indulged long enough!

Schmidt Gentlemen... you have come to see the results of our work, hmm? Let me show you. Hitler speaks of a Thousand-Year Reich, but he cannot feed his armies for a month. His troops spill their ] across every field in Europe, but still he is no closer to achieving his goals.

Roeder And I suppose you still aim to win this war through magic?

Schmidt ], but I understand your confusion. Great power has always baffled primitive men. HYDRA is assembling an arsenal to destroy my enemies in one stroke, wherever they are, regardless of how many ] they possess, all in a matter of hours.

Roeder Your enemies?

Schmidt My weapons contain enough destructive power to decimate every hostile capital on ]. Quite simply, gentlemen, I have harnessed the power of the ].

Schneider Thank you, Schmidt.

Schmidt For what?

Schneider For making it clear how obviously mad you are.

SS Major Hutter Berlin is on this map!

Schmidt So it is.

Hutter You will be punished for your insolence! You will be brought before the Führer himself!

Roeder SCHMIDT!

Schmidt My apologies, Doctor, but we both knew HYDRA could grow no further in Hitler's shadow. Hail HYDRA.

HYDRA Scientists Hail HYDRA!

Dr. Arnim Zola Hail HYDRA!

Captain America Come in, this is Captain Rogers, do you read me?

Jim Morita Captain Rogers, what is your--

Peggy Carter Steve, is that you? Are you alright?

Captain America Peggy, Schmidt's dead!

Carter What about the plane?

Captain America That's a little bit tougher to explain.

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

Captain America There's not gonna be a safe landing. But I can try and force it down.

Carter I'll get Howard on the line, he'll know what to do.

Captain America There's not enough ]. This thing's moving too fast and it's heading for ]. I got to put her in the ].

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

Captain America Right now, I'm in the middle of nowhere. If I wait any longer, a lot of ] are gonna ]. Peggy, this is my ]. Peggy?

Carter I'm here.

Captain America I'm gonna to need a rain check on that ].

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

Captain America You got it.

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

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

Carter I'll show you how. Just be there.

Captain America We'll have the band play something slow. I'd hate to step on your-

Carter Steve? Steve? Steve?

Steve Rogers / Captain America I can do this all day.

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

Steve I need the casualty list from Azzano.

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

Steve 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.

Steve 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.

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

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

Steve 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.

Steve I think I ] just fine.

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

Steve Yes, sir, I do.

Col. Chester Phillips ] has said that wars are fought with weapons, but they are won by ]. We are going to win this war because we have the best men. And because they are gonna get better. Much better. The Strategic Scientific Reserve is an Allied effort made up of the best minds in the free world. Our goal is to create the best army in history. But every army starts with one man. At the end of this week, we will choose that man. He will be the first in a new breed of super-soldier. And they will personally escort ] to the gates of ].

Johann Schmidt/Red Skull Tomorrow, HYDRA will stand master of the world, borne to victory on the wings of the Valkyrie. Our enemies weapons will be powerless against us. If they shoot down one plane, hundreds more will rain fire upon them! If they cut off one head, two more shall take its place. Hail HYDRA.

Steve Why me?

Erskine I suppose that is the only question that matters. This is from Augsburg, my city. So many people forget that the first country the ] invaded was their own. You know, after the last ], my people struggled. They felt ]... they felt small. And then ] comes along with the marching, and the big show, and the ], and the-and the... And he hears of me, 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 ] and he is ambitious. He and Hitler share a passion for occult ] and Teutonic ]. Hitler uses his fantasies to inspire his followers. But for Schmidt, it is not ]. For him, it is ]. He has become convinced there is a great power hidden in the ], left here by the ], 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.

Steve Did it make him stronger?

Erskine Yeah. But... there were other... effects. The serum was not ready. But more important, the man. The serum amplifies everything inside, so... ] becomes ]. ]... becomes worse. This is why you were ]. Because the ] man who has known ] all his ], may lose ] for that power, but a weak man knows the ] of ], and knows... ].

Steve Thanks. I think.

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

Steve To the little guys.

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

Steve Okay, we'll drink it after.

Erskine No, I don't have procedure tomorrow. Drink it after? Drink it now.

Nick Fury At ease, soldier!

Steve Rogers Who are you?

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

Rogers Where am I?

Fury 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.

Rogers Break what?

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

Rogers How am I alive?

Fury 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.

Rogers What about the war? Did we win?

Fury 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. You gonna be okay?

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

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Phillips You don't win ] with niceness, Doctor. You win wars with guts. Grenade!

Steve Get away! Get back! Is this a test?

Phillips He's still skinny.