Captain America: The First Avenger

Erskine: So... you want to go overseas? Kill some Nazis? Steve: Excuse me? Erskine: Dr. Abraham Erskine. I represent the Strategic Scientific Reserve. Steve: Steve Rogers. [introduces himself and shakes his hand] Where are you from? Erskine: Queens. 73rd Street and Utopia Parkway. Before that, Germany. This troubles you? Steve: No. Erskine: [he looks into his files] 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 Nazis? Steve: Is this a test? 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 war. Maybe what we need now is a little guy. I can offer you a chance. Only a chance. Steve: I'll take it. Erskine: Good. So where is the little guy from? Actually? St

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Phillips: You don't win wars with niceness, Doctor. [takes a grenade and pulls the pin] You win wars with guts. [tosses it to where the candidates are training] Grenade! Steve: [dives on the grenade as the soldiers scatter] Get away! Get back! [they soon realize it's just a training grenade and are amazed at Steve's bravery] Is this a test? Phillips: [embarrassed; to Dr. Erskine] He's still skinny. [walks away]

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Steve: Why me? Erskine: 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, 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.

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Steve: Who the hell are you?! Heinz Kruger: 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]

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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. [shows them to his lab] Hitler speaks of a Thousand-Year Reich, but he cannot feed his armies for a month. His troops spill their blood across every field in Europe, but still he is no closer to achieving his goals. [pulls sheet off a Tesseract-powered la

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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: [To Peggy] 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 understand just fine. Phillips: Well, then, understand it some

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