Wrong Is Right (1982)

George Grizzard: President Lockwood

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• Philindros : I'll disarm the other bomb.

  Patrick Hale : Just in the nick of time.

  Philindros : Yep.

  Patrick Hale : Convenient.

  Philindros : Oh, I'd say lucky.

  Patrick Hale : I thought for a while, the CIA had... arranged the suitcases. Like King Awad's suicide.

  Philindros : Mr. Hale, we only try to do what's right.

  Patrick Hale : Even when it's wrong?

  Philindros : If it's good for America, it can't be wrong. Right?

  Patrick Hale : What's next?

  President Lockwood : [Scene cuts to Oval Office]  War!

• President Lockwood : ...and that's it, all of it.

  Patrick Hale : Everything?

  President Lockwood : Except for some things.

  Patrick Hale : What things?

  President Lockwood : Things I can't talk about.

  Patrick Hale : Why?

  President Lockwood : Executive privilege.

  Patrick Hale : To withhold information?

  President Lockwood : Even from Congress, from the courts.

  Patrick Hale : Mr. President, according to the law, we're supposed to be equal.

  President Lockwood : We are, only some of us are more equal than others. George Orwell.