30 Best Independence Day Quotes

Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. – President Whitmore

Mankind. That word should have new meaning for all of us today. – President Whitmore

We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! – President Whitmore

We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day! – President Whitmore

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. – David Levinson

Hello, boys! I'm baaaaaack! – Russell Casse

All right, you alien assholes! In the words of my generation: Up YOOOOOUURS! – Russell Casse

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I gotta get me one of these! – Captain Steven Hiller

Welcome to Earth. – Captain Steven Hiller

Now that's what I call a close encounter. – Captain Steven Hiller

We have got to get you your own plane. This borrowing my clothes, my car, my plane, it's got to stop. – Captain Steven Hiller

The fat lady is about to sing, and she's packing a megaton of TNT. – David Levinson

They're like locusts. They're moving from planet to planet... their whole civilization. After they've consumed every natural resource, they move on. – Julius Levinson

I'm not the one who's supposed to be saving the world, that's your job. I just make the toys. – Brackish Okun

They actually did it... the crazy sons of bitches actually did it. – General Grey

I gave it a cold. I gave it a computer virus. – David Levinson

We've got to get everybody together, we've got to find some kind of a... a common ground. – President Whitmore

I'm just a cable guy, I can't even get cable in my own apartment. – David Levinson

I don't understand. Where does all this come from? How do you get funding for something like this? – David Levinson

You really think you can fly that thing? – Jasmine

I've been working on a signal, a way to contact them. I just never thought they'd actually show up. – David Levinson

It's about the end of the world. And I'm working on it. – David Levinson

I'm not gonna die sitting in here! – Captain Steven Hiller

Maybe it's the end of the world. – Constance

They're here. They're really here. – President Whitmore

We have to assume it's hostile. – General Grey

We've allowed ourselves to become a planet of watchers, not doers. – President Whitmore

I picked a hell of a day to quit drinking. – Marty Gilbert

Does anybody actually know what's going on? – David Levinson

We won't be using any nuclear weapons. The fallout would be devastating. – President Whitmore