Nixon - The Cost of Peace in Vietnam
Richard Nixon: [speaking to a group of young protestors outside the Lincoln Memorial]
Well, probably most of you think I'm a real SOB. I know that. I understand how you feel, but you know, I want peace too. But peace with honor.
Student #2:
What does that mean?
Richard Nixon:
Well, you can't have peace without a price. Sometimes you have to be willing to fight for peace, and sometimes to die.
Student #2:
Yeah? Tell that to the GI's who are gonna die tomorrow in Vietnam.
Student #1:
What you have to understand, Mr. Nixon, is we're willing to die for what we believe in.
Richard Nixon: [Turns and points to the statue of Lincoln]
Look, that man up there, he lived in similar times. He had chaos and civil war and hatred between the races. Sometimes I go to the Lincoln room at the White House and just pray. But you know, liberals act like idealism belongs to them. That's not true. My family went Republican because Lincoln freed the slaves. My grandmother was an abolitionist, those Quakers who founded Whittier, my hometown... to abolish slavery. They were, y'know, conservative Bible folk, but they had a powerful sense of right and wrong. And 40 years ago, I was like you, looking for answers.
Richard Nixon:
It's OK, Bob, we're just rapping, my friends and I. In fact we agree on a lot of things, don't we?
Young Student:
No, we don't! You say you want to end the war, so why don't you?
Richard Nixon:
Change always comes slowly. I pulled out more than half the troops. I'm trying to cut the military budget for the first time in 30 years. I want a volunteer army. But it's also a question of American credibility, our position in the world.
Student #1:
Come on, Mr. Nixon. It's a civil war between Vietnamese.
Young Student:
You don't want the war, we don't want the war, the Vietnamese don't want the war, so why does it go on?
Young Student:
You can't stop it, can you? Even if you wanted to. Because it's not you, it's the system. The system won't let you stop it.
Richard Nixon:
There's... there's more at stake here than what you want, or what I want.
Young Student:
Then what's the point? What's the point of being President? You're powerless!
Richard Nixon:
No. No, I'm not powerless. Because, because I understand the system, I believe I can, uh, I can control it. Maybe not control it totally, but tame it enough to make it do some good.
Young Student:
Sounds like you're talking about a wild animal.
Richard Nixon:
Yeah, maybe I am.
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Home Alone 4 - Prison Life Humor in Home Alone 4
Marv:
Oh, come on. No, prison's not so bad.
Vera:
Oh yeah?
Marv:
Yeah, on Thursdays, you get Salisbury steak.
Vera:
Yeah, I know about prison. That's where I met you.
Marv:
Calm down. Calm down.
Vera:
You calm down!?
Marv: [to officer]
Women, eh?
Officer:
Yeah.
Vera:
Hey, don't touch me!
Natalie:
Peter, what's he done now?!
Peter:
Well, he saved the day, that's what. You should be thanking him.
Natalie:
Molly?! What in the world is going on?!
Detective:
It seems that they were gonna kidnap the prince. Best we can gather, she's the boss.
Natalie: [shocked]
She's MY maid! I'm HER boss!
Kevin:
Well, looks like you're gonna have to find a new maid.
Prescott:
And a new butler, I'm afraid. I resign.
Natalie:
Resign?! But why?!
Prescott:
Because as a wise young man once said, "Life's too short.
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Home Alone 4 - Suspicion and Danger in Home Alone 4
Kevin:
I'm not lying. The bad guys are back.
Natalie:
We're not getting anywhere.
Peter:
Kevin, I spoke to all the caterers and to Molly. Nobody saw a thing but you. Now, how could that be?
Kevin:
I don't know. But I heard they're gonna kidnap the prince.
Peter:
You heard them say that?
Kevin:
Yeah, with my Super Spy bugging device. And Prescott's involved with the whole thing.
Natalie:
This is absurd. I'm going to call and make sure the royal family's flight is okay for tomorrow.
Peter:
Kevin, I know what's going on here.
Kevin:
You do?
Peter:
Yeah. You're out to destroy my relationship with Natalie.
Kevin:
What?
Peter:
You knew how important tonight was to her, and you went and pulled a crazy stunt like this.
Kevin:
That's not the truth.
Peter:
I've given you a lot of leeway because I know how tough this divorce has been on you. But tonight you went way too far. I want you to go to your room and think about what you've done. And when you're ready to apologize to Natalie, then we'll talk.
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Home Alone 4 - Burglars Targeting Homes in Kevin's Story
Peter:
Kevin, what happened?
Kevin:
It wasn't me. It was the burglars.
Peter:
The burglars?
Kevin:
Yeah, and I recognized the one guy, Marv. Did I ever tell you about him? Well, that's another story. But the point is, they were gonna rip off your house!
Natalie:
So you chose instead to trash it?
Kevin:
No, I was trying to protect it!
Natalie:
By trashing it?
Prescott:
What in the name of...?
Kevin:
Hey, why didn't you come when I was calling you?
Natalie:
Prescott, were you aware of any burglars here today?
Prescott:
Burglars? No, ma'am. All the alarms were on as usual.
Kevin:
Well, maybe they turned them off. They had one of these, you know.
Prescott:
I saw no intruders, and except for... beg your pardon, ma'am, the briefest of all bathroom breaks, my eyes were on the monitors at all times. How one child could do so much damage in the time it took me to... Well, it's quite beyond me.
Kevin:
It wasn't me!
Prescott:
Well, there was no one else here!
Kevin:
He's lying!?
Prescott:
I am not!
Kevin:
Are too!
Prescott:
Am not!
Kevin:
Are too!
Prescott:
With all due respect, sir, I did see Master Kevin playing with the devices as if the house were a big toy. The only hooligan here today was your son.
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