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Jack: I'm going alone.
Willy: People who like to be alone are witches, my grandfather says.
Jack: Well, there you go. Your grandfather wouldn't be happy if you left here with a witch, now would he?
Willy: He would want me to go to America. His favorite was Elvis Presley.
Jack: I'm not going to America.
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Frank: (trying to convince Jack to surrender) The choice is yours.
Jack: (looks at Willie) I don't have a choice, you son of a bitch! Open the gate!
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Carl: (on the phone) Jack, don't let them take my kids, don't let them take the children.
Jack: Carl, I won't.
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(The French UN Worker quietly taunts Jack)
Solenz: There he is, the mighty warrior who traded his gun for a wheelbarrow. Why are you here, hmm? To do penance for all your sins? You don't want to talk about it. I don't blame you.
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(Hodges gets off the phone with Colonel Dubaku)
Hodges: That's one hard-nosed son of a bitch.
Nichols: It is his country.
Hodges: But I'm paying for it … I don't want those transactions traceable, Mr. Nichols. Not by the SEC, the IRS, or any of my ex-wives. You understand me, don't you?
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Taylor: Closing our embassy sends a signal to the world that we are willing to sell out a democratic ally to a war criminal.
Daniels: I appreciate your idealism.
Taylor: I can't say the same for your cynicism.
Daniels: Let's talk … after you've been sitting in my chair for awhile.
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(Juma's men arrive to take the children)
Jack(to a frightened Solenz): Still want to talk to them? I didn't think so. Why don't you go hide in the shelter with the other children?
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Daniels: Nothing about this job lends itself to simple answers, just, uh … jagged edges and moving parts. Most you won't even see coming till they've smacked you in the head. So … be careful, Madame President.