Advise & Consent (1962)
Walter Pidgeon: Senate Majority Leader
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Quotes
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Bob Munson : Mr. President, with the chair's permission, I shall be very brief.
The Vice President : The chair gladly gives any senator permission to be brief.
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Fred Van Ackerman : What I did was for the good of the country.
Bob Munson : Fortunately, our country always manages to survive patriots like you.
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Bob Munson : Was that Brig? What's the matter?
Senator Lafe Smith : [Hanging up phone] He's dead.
Bob Munson : Brig?
Senator Lafe Smith : In his office. Cut his throat.
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Senate Majority Leader : [referring to the balance of power of the three branches of Federal gvernment] ... that none can become absolute has made this government the miracle of the ages. We must always guard this balance...
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Bob Munson : He jumped the whale!
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[last lines]
Bob Munson : Senators. A great leader is dead. A bitter loss for our country. A bitter personal loss for all of us here. I move we adjurn out of respect until further notice.
Senator Seabright Cooley : So ordered!
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Bob Munson : What do you think about that, you old buzzard?
Senator Seabright Cooley : Us old buzzards can see a mouse dying from 10,000 feet up. Us old buzzards have the sharpest eyes in creation. Right now I'm studyin' the terrain.
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Bob Munson : [to Brig about the President withdrawing Leffingwell] He'll bend if he has to, and I guess he has to.
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The President : I guess I've been wrong in many many things. I don't suppose history will have much good to say of me. I can't dwell on that. I've done my best.
Bob Munson : You're one of the great Presidents, Ross.
The President : Well, if you think so, that's almost as good as History. Bye, Bobby.
Bob Munson : Good night, Mr. President.
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Bob Munson : [Confronted by Fred for avoiding his phone calls] Look, Fred, you've forced me to offend you. I'm sorry.