Shooter (2007) - Quotes

Honor and Justice: A Changed Perspective

Taglines: Yesterday was about honor. Today is about justice.

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Unlikely Encounter Between Two Familiar Faces

Bob Lee Swagger: I'm sorry to bother you, ma'am.

Sarah Fenn: I know who you are. You're Bob Lee Swagger. Donnie's old partner.

Bob Lee Swagger: Look, I didn't shoot the President.

Sarah Fenn: I know.

Bob Lee Swagger: You do?

Sarah Fenn: The President's not dead. The Ethiopian Archbishop is.

Bob Lee Swagger: Why in the hell would somebody want to shoot him? Look, you're a nurse, right?

Sarah Fenn: No. No, that was Donnie's dream. I couldn't stand the blood. I teach the third grade.

Bob Lee Swagger: Please.

Sarah Fenn: Look, you should go.

Bob Lee Swagger: Please! Please? I didn't do whatever they said I did. I swear. I'm in some bad trouble and I need some help. I wouldn't have come all the way here to lie to you. You still figuring on shooting me? Only that shotgun's a little long to bring up fast. Look, if you're going to do it, just get it over with. I ain't got nowhere else to go.

Sarah Fenn: Pull the truck in the garage. The neighbors'll be up in a minute. You'd best call me Sarah.

Bob Lee Swagger: All right.

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The Challenge of Long-Distance Precision Shooting

Col. Johnson: Your longest shots were never confirmed...

Bob Lee Swagger: That's because long shots generally go places you wouldn't wanna have to go afterwards to have to confirm em. Confirmation's a desk pogue's problem. You know what it takes to make a shot at that range? Everything comes into play that far. Humidity elevation, temp, winds, spin-drift. There's a 6-10 second flight time so you have to shoot it where the targets going to be. Even the coriolis effect, the spin of the earth comes into play. The President will be wearing body armor, that means a head shot. You believe there's a shooter involved capable of making this shot?

Col. Johnson: Yes.

Bob Lee Swagger: Then you got a real problem. You need to find the shooter.

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Conversation About the Congressional Medal of Honor

Col. Johnson: You know what that is?

Bob Lee Swagger: Congressional Medal of Honor. Don't hand those out easy. Yours?

Col. Johnson: Yeah.

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Finding the Unfindable

Col. Johnson: You're a hard man to find.

Bob Lee Swagger: Not hard enough.

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Struggling Between Freedom and Confinement

Michael Sandor: Once you've been a wolf, it's hard to be staked down like a goat.

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The Nature of Human Weakness in Power

Michael Sandor: There is no head to cut off. It's a conglomerate. If one of them betrays the principles of the accrual of money and power, the others betray him. What it is is human weakness. You can't kill that with a gun.

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Catching a wolf requires strategic baiting.

Col. Isaac Johnson: Sometimes to catch a wolf, you need to tie the bait to a tree.

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A Character's Stance on Gun Ownership

Col. Isaac Johnson: I don't carry a gun.

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Crisis of Belief in Shooter

Col. Isaac Johnson: Some people don't know what to do when their belief system collapses. Bob Lee is one of those.

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Value of Life in a Dangerous Game

Col. Isaac Johnson: I guess Bob Lee didn't think he was expendable.

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Consequences of Vigilantism in Modern Society

Attorney General Russert: It's not the Wild West anymore, you can't just clean up the streets with a gun, even though sometimes, that's exactly what's needed.

Questioning a Colonel's Moral Compass

Attorney General Russert: Colonel, your moral compass is so fucked up, I'll be shocked if you manage to find your way back to the parking lot.

Checks and Balances in Government Authority

Attorney General Russert: That won't be necessary, Colonel, as I have already received no less than a dozen calls from highly-ranked and powerfully-placed individuals telling me to let you go. But the joy of checks and balances in our government is that I can, and am, indeed, required by law, to tell them to fuck off.