The Rock1996

[Hummel's Marines have captured Mason and brought him to the General at gunpoint, believing him to be a U.S. Navy SEAL.]

Gen. Hummel:
I thought I'd been in the service a long time... name and rank, sailor.

Mason:
It's Army, actually.

Maj. Baxter:
Answer the question. And address him as "General, sir."

Mason:
Captain John Patrick Mason, General, sir, of her Majesty's SAS. Retired, of course.

Gen. Hummel:
You're a long way from home, Captain. How the hell are you involved in this?

Mason':
Oh, I have a unique knowledge of this facility. I was formerly a guest here.

Gen. Hummel:
Have they bothered to tell you who I am, why I'm doing this, or are they just using you like they do everybody else?

Mason:
All I know is, you were big in Vietnam; I saw the highlights on television.

Gen. Hummel:
You wouldn't have any f***ing idea of what it means to lead some of the finest men on God's earth into battle and then see their memory betrayed by their own f***ing government!

Mason:
I don't quite see how you cherish the memory of the dead by killing another million, and, uh, this is not combat. It's an act of lunacy, General, sir. Personally, I think you're a f***ing idiot.

Gen. Hummel:
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson.

Mason:
"Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious," according to Oscar Wilde. [Hummel strikes him in the back of the neck] Thank you for making my point.