Best Captain America Quotes
These Captain America quotes showcase the wit and wisdom of this popular superhero.
Created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, Captain America is the alter ego of Steve Rogers. Captain America first appeared in Timely Comics, which preceded Marvel Comics. The superhero is a patriotic soldier who fought against the Axis in World War II.
Captain America’s superpowers include strength, agility, endurance, and reaction time.
He is known for his star-spangled uniform, awe-inspiring shield, and inspirational speeches. To address the latter, we’ve assembled the following quotes and sayings.
Good Captain America Quotes
I’m not looking for forgiveness. And I’m way past asking for permission. Earth just lost her best defender. So we’re here to fight. If you wanna stay in our way… we’ll fight you, too.
Sometimes, patience is the key to victory. Sometimes, it leads to very little, and it seems like it’s not worth it, and you wonder why you waited so long for something so disappointing.
I don’t know, family, stability—the guy who wanted all that went in the ice seventy-five years ago. I think someone else came out.
Well then, stop blaming yourself! Give your friend the respect of making his own decisions!
All right then – take off – all of you! I never could stomach a bunch of quitters!
If we sign this, we surrender our right to choose. What if this panel sends us somewhere we don’t think we should go? What if there’s somewhere we need to go and they don’t let us? We may not be perfect but the safest hands are still our own.
I’ll have to give them a symbol, just as I’ve always done — To show them evil can be confronted and beaten!
Yeah, we compromised. Sometimes in ways that made us not sleep so well. But we did it so the people could be free. This isn’t freedom, this is fear.
On Companionship
Everything has changed! The cities are more crowded — more tense — with people racing about in vehicles we never dreamed of in the forties! But is it really progress? We may one day be meeting strangers -– on far distant stars — but we still haven’t learned to live with our neighbors -– in peace and brotherhood!
Soldiers trust each other. That’s what makes it an army. Not a bunch of guys running around shooting guns.
I’m with you till the end of the line.
On your left.
I’m sick of watching people pay for our mistakes…
I’m flattered by all the attention, boys… but you’re giving me an earache!
Even when I had nothing, I had Bucky.
I know you’re doing what you believe in, and that’s all any of us can do. That’s all any of us should do. So no matter what, I promise you, if you need us, if you need me, I’ll be there.
We all need family. The Avengers are yours, maybe more so than mine.
Then we’ll do that together too.
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Best Captain America Quotes from the Marvel Movies
Avengers! Assemble.
We don’t trade lives, Vision.
Well, things aren’t so bad. Food’s a lot better; we used to boil everything. No polio is good. Internet, so helpful. I’ve been reading that a lot trying to catch up.
Ultron thinks we’re monsters. That we’re what’s wrong with the world, this isn’t just about beating him. It’s about whether he’s right.
We run around, calling ourselves Avengers, yet, when this man comes before us with something to avenge — a wrong that shrieks to heaven for vengeance — we turn a deaf ear — because his cause isn’t world-shattering enough for us! We forget that the world can end with a whimper — as well as with a bang!
It’s time that Captain America died — so that Steve Rogers can finally live again!
You start running, they’ll never let you stop. You stand up, push back. Can’t say no forever, right?
You can’t justify murder by masking it with a cause.
Long Quotations
Compromise where you can. Where you can’t, don’t. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say, ‘No, you move.’
That’s great. You did the hardest part. You took the jump; and you didn’t know where you were gonna come down. And that’s it. That’s those little brave baby steps you gotta take. To try and become whole again. To try and find purpose. I went in the ice in ’45 right after I met the love of my life. Woke up 70 years later. You got to move on. Got to move on. The world is in our hands. It’s left to us guys, and we have to do something with it. Otherwise, Thanos should have killed all of us.
Five years ago, we lost—all of us. We lost friends. We lost family. And we lost a part of ourselves. Today, we have a chance to take it all back. You know your teams; you know your missions. Get the stones, get them back. One round trip each. No mistakes. No do-overs. Most of us are going somewhere we know, that doesn’t mean we should know what to expect. Be careful. Look out for each other. This is the fight of our lives. And we’re going to win. Whatever it takes. Good luck.
Best Captain America Quotes from the Marvel Comic Books
It’s tempting to want to live in the past. It’s familiar; and it’s comfortable. But it’s where fossils come from.
Courage. Honor. Loyalty. Sacrifice. You’re Braver Than You Think.
We must all live in the real world, and sometimes that can be pretty grim.
I’m loyal to nothing, general, except the dream.
I will not tolerate–I will not allow–any talk of the necessity of necessary evil. I have spent my life on that line, and every time I’ve seen someone cross it, death and horror and shame were what followed. So I refuse to entertain it…
As long as one man stands against you, you’ll never be able to claim victory.
Romantic Sayings
I think this is the longest conversation I’ve had with one. Women aren’t exactly lining up to dance with a guy they might step on.
I’m gonna need a rain check on that dance.
The moment you think you know what’s going on in a woman’s head is the moment your goose is well and truly cooked.
Heroic Captain America Quotes
No human replica can ever have a fighting spirit!
The World Must Never Again Mistake Compassion For Weakness!
I don’t want to kill anyone, but I don’t like bullies; I don’t care where they’re from.
You have your definition of a hero and I have mine — and mine includes being a lot more aware.
This job, we try to save as many people as we can. Sometimes that doesn’t mean everybody. But if we can’t find a way to live with that, next time… maybe nobody gets saved.
Now And Forevermore, I Am A Man Of The People.
The price of freedom is high. It always has been. And it’s a price I’m willing to pay. And if I’m the only one, then so be it. But I’m willing to bet I’m not.
Someone is going to a great deal of trouble to kill me — Well, I wouldn’t want to disappoint them.
Being an Avenger means more than signing autographs and taking bows! We never stop training… as you shall see!
There are men laying down their lives. I got no right to do any less than them. That’s what you don’t understand. This isn’t about me.
Funny Sayings from Captain America
The last time I was in Germany and saw a man standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing.
I’d offer to make you dinner, but you look miserable enough already.
We’ve only got about a 10-second window. You miss that window and we’re all just bugs on a windshield! Mind the Gap!
Before we get started, does anyone want to get out?
Let’s go get this son of a bitch.
You know, I’m getting a little tired of being Fury’s janitor.
I really miss the days when the weirdest thing science ever created was me.
I knocked out Adolf Hitler over 200 times.
You know, for the longest time, I dreamed about coming overseas and being on the front lines. Serving my country. I finally get everything I wanted, and I’m wearing tights.
The uniform? Aren’t the stars and stripes a little… old-fashioned?
It’s probably too late to go to the bathroom.
It was not my first kiss since 1945. I’m 95; I’m not dead.
I know this neighborhood. I got beat up in that alley. And that parking lot. And behind that diner.
Dr. Erskine said that the serum wouldn’t just affect my muscles, it would affect my cells. Create a protective system of regeneration and healing. Which means, um, I can’t get drunk. Did you know that?
There’s only one God, ma’am, and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t dress like that.
Where I’m goin’, if anybody yells at me, I can just shoot ’em.
Fondue is just cheese and bread, my friend.
Short Quotes
I can do this all day.
If they’re shooting at you, they’re bad.
I’ve been asleep for 70 years. I think I’ve had enough rest.
Wait, are you talking about a time machine?
Don’t do anything stupid until I come back.
If you’re gonna fight a war, you got to wear a uniform.
Can’t run everywhere.
Sometimes the most obvious things are the easiest overlooked.
There’s a chance you might be in the wrong business.
What’s the matter, scared of a little lightning?
You know, you may not be a threat, but you better stop pretending to be a hero.
Language.
You just can’t stop yourself from lying, can you?
I thought the punishment usually came AFTER the crime.
Inspirational Insights
The price of freedom is high; it always has been. And it’s a price I’m willing to pay. And if I’m the only one, then so be it. But I’m willing to bet I’m not.
You don’t win wars with niceness, doctor. You win wars with guts.
This is the fight of our lives and we’re going to win. Whatever it takes.
It’s not about how much we’ve lost. It’s about how much we have left.
I keep telling everybody they should move on and grow. Some do. But not us.
Captain America Lines about the War
Their country may have surrendered, but they didn’t.
Weapons down, or I will not be responsible for what comes next.
One man can win a war. Give that one man a group of soldiers with the same conviction, and you can change the world.
When I went under, the world was at war. I wake up, they say we won. They didn’t say what we lost.
Every time someone tries to win a war before it starts, innocent people die. Every time.
Captain America Quotes about himself
I’ve been on my own since I was 18. I never really fit in anywhere – even in the Army. My faith is in people, I guess. Individuals. And I’m happy to say, for the most part, they haven’t let me down. Which is why I can’t let them down either.
The hell I can’t! I’m a Captain!
For as long as I can remember I just wanted to do what was right. I guess I’m not quite sure what that is anymore. And I thought I could throw myself back in and follow orders, serve. It’s just not the same.
I’m just a kid from Brooklyn.
For as long as I remember, I just wanted to do what was Right.
I know things look bleak for me, but I must believe the due process of the law will eventually clear me!
If I see a situation pointed south, I can’t ignore it. Sometimes I wish I could.
I Protected America. Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness. Democracy.
I’m… Captain America.
I can’t lead a mission when the people I’m leading have missions of their own.
So your body’s changing. Believe me, I know how that feels.
Then finish it, because I’m with you till the end of the line.
By Mike O’Halloran
Mike is a writer and co-founder of ListCaboodle.
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