So unless I have written authorization, this thing is over before it begins because I'm not going to be the only one left without a chair when the music stops.
9 seconds sound clip from the Clear and Present Danger movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:16:43.384 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Why? What does he need to know?
- Nothing. He needs to know nothing. He's going to know nothing.
- I want a copy of the President's authorization of this new action against the cartels.
- Let me explain it to you very simply. This is your deal, not mine.
- Reciprocity. That's a clever name for it.
- Revenge is a very, very, very dangerous motivation.
- Are you able to handle this operation or not? What I'm looking for here is a simple yes or no.
- What you're looking for is a political mess.
- Is that what they want? Because that's what this is.
- They want what every first-term administration wants. A second term.
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