- Merlin: You may be killed, I can make no guarantee, except that I shall very hard to see that you're not.
- King Arthur Pendragon: America? Does such a land exist?
- Dr. Doug Phillips: We're beginning to wonder.
- Merlin: You see, General Kirk, I deal in history before the fact. Certain things are written in the pages of Prophecy. It's my job to give them a little nudge towards fulfillment.
- Lt. Gen. Heywood Kirk: Well, we're in very much the same business. Certain things are written down in the pages of History. It's my job to see that they're not changed.