35 Movie Quotes about Commanders (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Jun 3, 2026

Memorable quotes about commanders, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Before we let you leave, your commander must cross that field, present himself before this army, put his head between his legs, and kiss his own arse.

Mel Gibson as William Wallace in Braveheart (1995)

2 My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the armies of the north, general of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius...

Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator (2000)

3 I'm a student of military history, friend. And overconfident commanders can lose. Nero, Custer, Napoleon. There's room for you in that list, pal.

George Peppard as Col. John Hannibal Smith in The A-Team

4 Without law, commander, there is no civilisation.

Alec Guinness as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai

5 Your Grace, Napoleon has ridden within range. May I have permission to try a shot? -Certainly not. Commanders of armies have something better to do than to fire at each other.

Christopher Plummer as Duke Of Wellington in Waterloo (1970)

6 Don't worry, Commander. Any doubt I had got pounded out of me at the academy.

Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story 3

7 Commander, you've enjoyed all the power you've been given, haven't you?

Mcp Master Control Program in TRON (1982)

8 No, no. Ya gotta go on without me, commander. Just leave me some ammo, a little water, some chips if you have 'em.

Steve Zahn as Runt Of The Litter in Chicken Little

9 We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write '_' on their airplanes because it's obscene!

Marlon Brando as Colonel Walter Kurtz in Apocalypse Now

10 Point it at the commander. Aim right between the eyes.

Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Edward Morbius; Morbius in Forbidden Planet (1956)