Dave - Prioritizing People Over Economic Considerations
Dave:
I don't want to tell some eight-year-old kid he's gotta sleep in the street because we want people to feel better about their car. Do you want to tell them that?
Secretary of Commerce:
No, sir. No, I sure don't.
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Thirteen Days - Exploring Options in Crisis Decision-Making
Robert Kennedy:
No, no, NO! Now there is more than one option here, and if one isn't occurring to us, it's because we haven't thought hard enough.
John McCone:
Bobby, sometimes there is only one right choice, and you thank God when it's so clear!
Kennedy:
You're talking a sneak attack. How will that make us look? A big country blasting a little country to the Stone Age. Yeah, we'll be everyone's favorites.
Dean Acheson:
Come on Bobby, that's naïve. This is the real world. You know that better than anybody.
John McCone:
And you weren't so ethically particular when we were talking about options for removing Castro over at CIA.
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