“The Sum of All Fears” quotes
(2002)
Title The Sum of All Fears
Year 2002
Director Phil Alden Robinson
Genre Drama, Thriller, Action
Year 2002
Director Phil Alden Robinson
Genre Drama, Thriller, Action
Plot – Jack Ryan has just started to work at the CIA, but he soon has to deal with a particularly dangerous mission: he has to follow the trail of a nuclear bomb that the Israelis lost 30 years before and now has been casually found and stolen. The bomb is a true nuclear danger for the US. Helped by the colleague John Clark, Ryan follows many lines, even though the suspects lead to Russia.
All actors – Ian Mongrain, Russell Bobbitt, James Cromwell, Ken Jenkins, Bruce McGill, John Beasley, Morgan Freeman, Philip Baker Hall, Al Vandecruys, Richard Cohee, Philip Pretten, Alison Darcy
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“Hitler, however, had one great disadvantage. He lived in a time when Fascism, like a virus, like the AIDS virus, needed a strong host in order to spread. Germany was that host. But Germany did not prevail. The world was too big. Fortunately, the world has changed. Global communications, cable TV, the internet. Today the world is smaller and a...” (continue)(continue reading)
“- President Nemerov: I ordered no such attack. You must not respond to this action until we have investigated all possibilities.
- President Fowler: Like you did in Chechnya? Mr. President, who is in control of your armed forces?
- President Nemerov: You dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. You dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. Do not lecture me on Chechnya!”I am to be described as "robust" and "healthy".
“When I asked for your advice, I didn't mean that you should actually speak.”
“Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's futures, and we are all mortal.”
“I know you had nothing to do with the Baltimore bomb, and you sure as hell know you didn't! But you're still about to launch a nuclear strike against us! This no longer has anything to do with Baltimore! Now it's about fear! Our fear of your missiles, your fear of our subs, fear of being weak, fear of making a mistake... the same fear of the...” (continue)(continue reading)
“I don't know why you guys have to reduce everything to sex. It's just disgusting.”
“My beautiful wife, Julie, is from New Jersey. 15 electoral votes. And she is, as you know, half Jewish. So we'll take Florida's 25 electoral votes and divide by 2. My daughter, Jeanie, is expecting her first child. If it's a girl, she will be named Virginia. 13 electoral votes. In fact, even if it's a boy, he'll be named Virginia. She reminds me...” (continue)(continue reading)
“All over the world right-wing parties, nationalist movements, Nazis, Aryan Nations all working together for the first time? Is that not perfect?”
- Bill Cabot: What does the t-shirt say?
- Depot Worker: "I am a bomb technician, if you see me running... try to catch up".“If the most powerful weapons ever created are ever unleashed they will be fired not in anger, but fear.”
“Choose your words carefully, words have a habit of being turned into policy.”
“Just disappear them. Their execution would tell the world I didn't have control. These days, better to appear guilty than impotent.”
“- Jack: I had a date tonight, so I had to call and cancel...
- Cabot: Well, don't be stupid! Tell her where you're going. In fact, tell her who you work for. She'll be impressed.
- Jack: Ok. I work for the CIA, and the Director asked me at the last minute to come with him to Russia to do a nuclear arms inspection. ...Hello?
- Cathy: That is so...” (continue)(continue reading)
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