“Dave” quotes

“I forgot that I was hired to do a job for you and that it was just a temp job at that. I forgot that I had two hundred and fifty million people who were paying me to make their lives a little better and I didn't live up to my part of the bargain.”
Kevin Kline - Bill Mitchell

“If you've ever seen the look on somebody's face the day they finally get a job, I've had some experience with this, they look like they could fly. And it's not about the paycheck, it's about respect, it's about looking in the mirror and knowing that you've done something valuable with your day.”
Kevin Kline - Dave Kovic

“There are certain things you should expect from a president. I ought to care more about you than I do about me... I ought to care more about what's right than I do about what's popular. I ought to be willing to give this whole thing up for something I believe in.”
Kevin Kline - Bill Mitchell

“I'm the President and, as they say, the buck stops here. So I take full responsibility for each one of my illegalactions. But that's not the whole story. I think the American people are entitled to the real truth. I have here evidence in the form of notes, letters, and written memoranda, proving that Bob Alexander was involved in each of these...” (continue)(continue reading)

Kevin Kline - Bill Mitchell

“Allegations of wrongdoing have also been made against Vice President Nance. Now, as this evidence will prove, at no time and in no way was the Vice President involved in any of this affair. Bob just made all that up. Vice President Nance is a good and decent public servant, and I want to apologize for any pain that this has caused him or his...” (continue)(continue reading)

Kevin Kline - Bill Mitchell

“There's no mistake, Bill. When you veto someone's funding, that is not a mistake. When you hurt someone intentionally, that is not a mistake.”

Sigourney Weaver - Ellen Mitchell

“- Dave Kovic: I've always wondered about you guys. About how you're trained to take a bullet for the President?
- Duane Stevenson: What about it?
- Dave Kovic: Is that really true? I mean, would you let yourself be killed to save his life?
- Duane Stevenson: Certainly.”
Kevin Kline - Dave Kovic
Ving Rhames - Duane Stevenson

“- Bob Alexander: I'm going to kill him.
- Alan Reed: You can't kill a President.
- Bob Alexander: He's not a President. He's an ordinary person. I can kill an ordinary person.”
Frank Langella - Bob Alexander
Kevin Dunn - Alan Reed

“- Ellen Mitchell: What do you do for a living?
- Dave Kovic: When I'm not running the country?
- Ellen Mitchell: Yeah.
- Dave Kovic: I run a temp agency. You know, secretaries and stuff.
- Ellen Mitchell: So you find people jobs.”

Sigourney Weaver - Ellen Mitchell
Kevin Kline - Dave Kovic

“You don't really know how much you can do until you stand up and decide to try.”
Kevin Kline - Dave Kovic