The A-Team (TV Series)
Trial by Fire (1986)
George Peppard: John 'Hannibal' Smith
Quotes
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Gen. Hunt Stockwell : I understand the Army is reviewing candidates for your firing squad.
Col. John "Hannibal" Smith : Aw, gee, you didn't have to go to all this trouble just to cheer me up.
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Col. Roderick Decker : I pursued Colonel Smith and the A-Team for three long years. I lost track of how many laws they broke and how much military property they destroyed. I can tell you this: Rules mean nothing to these men, and they're loyal to no one but themselves. I have no doubt that they're capable of the crimes for which they're accused.
Col. John "Hannibal" Smith : What a guy.
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[at court, Hannibal describes how they had robbed the bank]
Mayor Laskov : That's quite a heroic saga, Colonel. How much did you steal from the bank?
Col. John "Hannibal" Smith : Ten million piasters.
Mayor Laskov : That's about... one million US dollars. A bank of Hanoi audit showed a loss of fifty million piasters.
Col. John "Hannibal" Smith : Then some North Vietnamese got very rich. All we got was ten million.
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Benny Conway : [shouting] Are you out of your minds?
Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck : Well, it wouldn't be the first time we were accused of it.
Benny Conway : Nobody tries to plead guilty in a capital case!
Col. John "Hannibal" Smith : A man can only live with his guilt for so long.
Sgt. Bosco "B.A." Baracus : Yeah. We hate guilt.
Benny Conway : But we are winning! Their case is shot full of holes and once Colonel Quyet testifies, it will be shot down entirely.
Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck : Uh, would you mind not using words like 'full of holes', 'shot down;' I mean, it conjures up such a negative image.
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Face : Colonel Morrison an NVA agent... I just can't believe it.
Hannibal : Seems to be true.
Face : Even so, surely the court would need more than that to convict us of murder.
Hannibal : Ever watch Perry Mason, Face? Motive, method, opportunity? That's what he always looked for and that's what that prosecutor says he's got on us.
Face : Well, what are we gonna do?
Hannibal : [laughing] I think we're gonna get nailed.
Face : Just... just checking.
B.A. Baracus : Crazy man said he was at headquarters when Colonel Morrison was killed.
Face : So?
B.A. Baracus : So he never told us that.
Hannibal : Maybe he forgot.
Face : How could you just forget something like that?
Hannibal : The mind's a funny thing, Face. Sometimes it tries to protect us by blocking out an unpleasant experience.
B.A. Baracus : You think Murdock coulda killed Colonel Morrison?
Face : That's impossible!
Hannibal : If you found out Morrison was working for the Viet Cong, what would you have done?