This week, the United States Coast Guard turns 218. To celebrate, we will be posting quotes from Master Chief Ben Randall (Kevin Costner’s character in The Guardian).

“I don’t care who you are, where you’re from, or where you’re going. I care about one thing, and one thing only. That is the future victims that you will be asked to save.

If I think that you will fail them, then I will fail you.”