30 Best The Postman Quotes

General: U.S. Mail... Restored United States... Do these people really believe that shit?

General: Law one. You will obey orders without question. Law two: Punishment shall be swift. Law three: Mercy is for the weak. Four: Terror will defeat reason. Five: Your allegiance is to the clan. Six: Justice can be dictated. Seven: Any clansman may challenge for leadership of the clan. Law eight: There is only one penalty. Death.

The: Once more into the breach, my friends, once more. We'll close the wall with our dead. In peace, nothing so becomes a man as modesty and humility, but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with rage and lend the eye a terrible aspect.

Postman: When I was a kid, we all wore our hats backwards. We thought it was cool.

Postman: The President's name... is Richard Starkey!

General: I was at the Battle of Georgetown; I watched the White House burn to the ground!

Luke: The General is a great man!
Postman: [incredulous] The General is a fucking lunatic!

General: Great men were made by other great men. Patton had Rommel. Grant had Lee!

Sheriff: You're nothing but a drifter who found a bag of mail.

General: I know what your problem is. Do you know why you won't fight? Because you have nothing to fight for! You don't care about anything! You don't value anything! You don't believe in anything! That's what makes me better!

Irene: [to the Postman] You're a godsend. A savior!
The: No, I'm... I'm just the Postman.

General: You see the reason you don't want to die for anything is because you have nothing to die for. That's the difference between you and me. You don't believe in anything.
The: I believe in the United States.

The: Wouldn't it be great if wars could be fought just by the assholes who started them?

The: Can you ride?
Old: No, can't walk to good either.
The: So why are you here?
Old: I know stuff.

Old: [while talking with the Postman] I was an aerospace engineer. I helped design the Galileo space station. I dream it's orbiting Earth forever, with a dozen human skeletons all grinning at each other. Laughing at us down here.

The: [shivering in the postal van, sees a skeleton] Hi, how you doing?

Bridge: I heard of you, man. *You're* famous!
The: Yeah, I guess I am.

The: Tell me something: how much mail can a dead Postman deliver?

The: You're no general. You're not even a good painter.

General: A military man, especially a commander should keep a journal. After he's gone, it's the only real defense against the slander that later arises.

General: Great men were made by other great men. Patton had Rommel, Grant had Lee, I get stuck with you.

Postman: I know you. You're... famous.
Bridge: I was once... sorta.

General: [quoting Nathan Holn] The prize is often left unclaimed. We must have the courage to grasp it... for fortune always favors the bold.

[end of the movie; introducing The Postman to her baby]
Abby: This is your daughter... her name is Hope.

Larry: I tried to be an actor when I was young. I wasn't a good actor, but now after seeing you at least I can die knowing I wasn't the worst one.
The: How much did you pay to get in, Larry? So bite me!

[Clutching a spoon as a weapon]
The: Don't make me use this.

The: It takes one postman to make someone else a postman.
Ford: Sorta like vampires, huh?

Irene: [to The Postman] I have a feeling about you. I know you'll do what's right.

[Hours after The Postman arrived in town, a woman has asked to have his child]
The: It's gotta be the uniform.

Abby: You made Mrs. March feel like she could see again. You made Ford believe he was part of something. You give out hope like it was candy in your pocket.