Sam Wilson (Falcon) Quotes

Isaiah Bradley: So, a Black Captain America, huh?

Sam Wilson: Damn right.

Isaiah Bradley: The fight you taking on ain’t gonna be easy, Sam.

Sam Wilson: Yeah, I might fail. Sh*t, 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. Not after what everybody before me went through. Including you.

Isaiah Bradley: Sh*t. I almost bought that.

Sam Wilson (to Senators): Look, you people have just as much power as an insane god or a misguided teenager. The question you have to ask yourself is, “How are you going to use it?”

Senator: You just don’t understand.

Sam Wilson: I’m a Black man carrying the stars and stripes. What don’t I understand? Every time I pick this thing up, I know there are millions of people who are gonna hate me for it. Even now, here… I feel it. The stares, the judgment. And there’s nothin’ I can do to change it. Yet, I’m still here. No super serum, no blond hair, or blue eyes. The only power I have is that I believe we can do better.

Sam Wilson (to Senator): We finally have a common struggle now. Think about that. For once, all the people who’ve been begging, and I mean, literally begging for you to feel how hard any given day is… Now you know. How did it feel to be helpless?

Sam Wilson (to Bucky): It doesn’t matter what Steve thought. You gotta stop looking to other people to tell you who you are.

Sam Wilson (to Bucky): Just stay here. The people in this town are the most welcoming people in the world. They don’t care if you wear small T-shirts or if you have six toes or if your mom’s your aunt.

Isaiah Bradley: Them stars and stripes don’t mean nothin’ good to me.

Sam Wilson: I need to understand.

Isaiah Bradley: You understand. Every Black man does. Whether you wanna deny it or not…

Sam Wilson: Don’t do that bitter, old man thing with me.

Isaiah Bradley: If you ain’t bitter, you’re blind.

Joaquin Torres: 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 Wilson: That’s bizarrely wise.

Joaquin Torres: Well, I’m a bizarrely wise man, Sam.

Helmut Zemo: Sam, you can’t hold out hope for Karli. No matter what you saw in her, she’s gone. And we cannot allow that she and her acolytes become yet another faction of gods amongst real people. Super Soldiers cannot be allowed to exist.

Sam Wilson: Isn’t that how gods talk? And if that’s how you feel, what about Bucky? Blood isn’t always the solution.