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"You guys really are cowboys. … You’re everyone’s problem. That's because every time you go up in the air, you’re unsafe. I don’t like you because you’re dangerous."
"Maverick, it’s not your flying, it’s your attitude. The enemy’s dangerous, but right now you’re worse than the enemy…you’re dangerous and foolish. You may not like the guys flying with you, and they may not like you. But whose side are you on?"
Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, Top Gun

"Like I told my superiors when I was busted down... I'm not going to fight for someone just because they tell me to."

Juliet: You're gonna get another write-up.
Houston: Good! I'm running outta toilet paper.

Sheridan: I know some of the officers who have served under him. He doesn't handle first contact situations as well as others. Ever since the Omega Incident...
Lefcourt: The military tribunal cleared him of all responsibility for what happened.
Sheridan: Yes, I understand that. But if I can speak frankly... the men under his command consider him a loose cannon. I'd rather not walk into a situation where I might have to go up against my own CO if things got hot.
— On Michael Jankowski, Babylon 5: In the Beginning

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