Sam Wilson quotes from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Anyway, all we can do now is sit tight and just chill. Sometimes, there's nothing to do until there's something to do.

Sam

That's bizarrely wise.

[grins] Well, I'm a bizarrely wise man, Sam.

Sam

You know Karli won't quit.

Bucky

Ah. You call me when you have a lead and I'll be there. [picks up his bag] Not necessarily as a team.

Sam

Nope.

Bucky

We're not that good.

Sam

Definitely not.

Bucky

We're professionals.

Sam

Definitely.

Bucky

And, uh, we're partners.

Sam

Co-workers.

Bucky

But we're also a couple of guys with a mutual friend.

Sam

Friend's now gone.

Bucky

So we're a couple of guys.

Sam

I can live with that.

Bucky

Perfect.

God, I missed you so much. There's a fight out there, and then there's our fight here, and bro, you have taken them both on. So you really gonna let Isaiah Bradley get in your head? You gonna let him decide what you do next?

Sam

Isaiah's been to Hell and back. If I was in his shoes, I'd probably feel the exact same way. But what would be the point of all the pain and sacrifice if I wasn't willing to stand up and keep fighting?

Sam

[over the radio] Do I hear Sharon?

Bucky

Unfortunately.

Sharon

Hey, Sam. I thought I'd get the band back together.

Sam

Thank you. You're risking a lot coming here.

Sharon

I hear pardons aren't all they're cracked up to be anyway.

Bucky

Depends on the therapist.

Sam

How did it feel to be helpless? If you can remember how it was like to be helpless in the face of a force so powerful, it can wipe out half the planet, then you would know you're about to have the same impact. This isn't about easy decisions, Senator.

Y-You just don't understand...

Sam

I'm a black man carrying the Stars and Stripes! What don't I understand? Every time I pick this [the shield] up, I know there are millions of people out there that are going to hate me for it. Even now, here, I feel it. The stares, the judgment. And there's nothing I can do to change it. Yet I'm still here. No Super Serum, no blonde hair or blue eyes. The only power I have is that I believe we can do better. We can't demand people step up, and we don't meet them halfway. You control the banks! Shit, you can move borders! You can knock down a forest with an e-mail. You can feed a million people with a phone call. But the question is, who is in the room with you when you're making those decisions? Is it the people you're gonna impact? Or is it just more people like you? I mean, this girl died trying to stop you, and no one has stopped for one second to ask why. You gotta do better, Senator! You gotta step up! Because if you don't, the next Karli will! And you don't wanna see 2.0. People believed in her cause so much that they helped her defy the strongest governments in the world. Why do you think that is?! Look, you people have as much power as an insane god or a misguided teenager. The question you have to ask yourself is, "How are you gonna use it?"

I ain't gonna lie. You're special.

Sam

Thank you.

I mean, you ain't no Malcolm, Martin, Mandela, but...

Sam

[grins] No argument there. But I know what I gotta do.

So. A black Captain America, huh?

Sam

Damn right.

The fight you takin' on ain't gonna be easy, Sam.

Sam

Yeah, I might fail. Shit, I might die. But...We built this country. Bled for it. I'm not gonna let anybody tell me I can't fight for it.