George Macready Quotes

Senator Frederick Prentice Ah, it's as simple as this: the President trusts Russia, and the American people don't. The people don't believe the Russians're going to take those bombs apart on July 1st, and neither do I.

Colonel William "Mutt" Henderson We seem to spend more time training for seizure than for prevention, like the Commies already had the stuff, and we had to get it back.

Christopher Todd That could easily mean another place. These military games... why, the multiplicity of our secret bases confuses ourselves more than the Soviets.

Cordell Hull In all my 50 years of public service, I have never seen a document so crowded with infamous falsehoods and distortions, on a scale so huge that I never imagined until today that any government on this planet was capable of uttering them.

Amb. Kichisaburo Nomura Mr. Hull...

Hull Go.

President Jordan Lyman The next step should be to your liking, Chris. Esther, call the Pentagon. Tell General Scott I want to see him right away.

Esther Townsend Yes, sir.

Christopher Todd I think it's time we faced the enemy, Mr. President.

President Jordan Lyman He's not the enemy. Scott, the Joint Chiefs, even the very emotional, very illogical lunatic fringe: they're not the enemy. The enemy's an age - a nuclear age. It happens to have killed man's faith in his ability to influence what happens to him. And out of this comes a sickness, and out of sickness a frustration, a feeling of impotence, helplessness, weakness. And from this, this desperation, we look for a champion in red, white, and blue. Every now and then a man on a white horse rides by, and we appoint him to be our personal god for the duration. For some men it was a ], for others it was a ], and now it's a General Scott.

Dist. Atty. Kerman Was there a floor show that night at the bar?

Butch Just a dancer—a little dame... lady.

Dist. Atty. Kerman Was the little lady blond or brunette?

Butch You think I was lookin at her hair? Huh?

Dr. Mark Sinclair Paul...

Paul Webster Yes...

Dr. Mark Sinclair I'll never be able to tell you how sorry I am.

Paul Webster Don't blame yourself, I certainly don't. Who can know everything? You're not God, Mark.

Dr. Mark Sinclair I feel as if I've been playing at it... and been punished.

Paul Webster Forget it.

Christopher Todd This stuff you unearthed, Colonel Casey, is dynamite. Very revealing of General Scott's extracurricular love life. Any taste of victory we have in our mouths, Colonel, is due in no small measure to your efforts.

Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey The taste I've got in my mouth, Mr. Secretary, is unmentionable.

Christopher Todd I can understand that feeling, Colonel. But when you deal with a jackal like your general...

Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey Mr. Todd, this is a full Air Force general. Six times wounded, wearing only half the medals he deserves. Whatever else he is, he's no jackal.

Christopher Todd My god, the sensitivity of our warriors! Did I step on your old school tie, Colonel?

Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey You're just like a lot of civilians, Mr. Todd. After every armistice, you want to put us away in mothballs, like the fleet. When it comes to a little dying...

Christopher Todd Hold up, Colonel!

Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey ...you'll be sure to put us in a uniform...

Christopher Todd That's enough, Colonel!