Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training, you will be a weapon. You will be a minister of death praying for war. But until that day you are pukes. You are the lowest form of life on Earth. You are not even human, fucking beings. You are nothing but unorganized grabastic pieces of amphibian shit. Because I am hard you will not like me. But the more you hate me the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair. There is no racial bigotry here. I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops or greasers. Here you are all equally worthless. And my orders are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to serve in my beloved Corps. Do you maggots understand that?
Son, all I've ever asked of my marines is that they obey my orders as they would the word of God. We are here to help the Vietnamese, because inside every gook there is an American trying to get out. It's a hardball world, son. We've gotta keep our heads until this peace craze blows over.
I was fortunate to meet R. Lee Ermy a few weeks ago, at a Glock Inc. tradeshow booth. Had him sign a VHS "Full Metal Jacket" copy for me.
I asked him about the dialog in FMJ, he said he was surprised when he saw the final edit, and it came out better than he had thought possible. He also said he wrote the dialog for his part, something I was not aware of.
His DI is easily one of the most compelling characters ever portrayed on film, and Full Metal Jacket is one of the top five best selling movies - VHS and DVD -of all time.