"This is insane! You can't possibly hold Washington, much less conquer the entire United States. I know. I've TRIED!"
— Cobra Commander to Serpentor, G.I. Joe
"Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected?"
