139 Movie Quotes about Government (+ Sound Clips) - page 6

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Memorable quotes about government, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

51 You own this land. -I paid the government for it, all right. That don't mean much out here.

Kevin Kline as Paden in Silverado

52 Well, if you're not a communist, what are you? -Nothing. I dislike all forms of government.

Charlie Chaplin as King Shahdov in A King in New York (1957)

53 My dear, in a crisis like this, a revolution might happen... a new government that would confiscate everything.

Charlie Chaplin as Monsieur Henri Verdoux in Monsieur Verdoux

54 The government doesn't want to use good cooking fats for industrial uses unless it's necessary to do so. -I should hope not.

Dick Powell as Jimmy in Christmas in July (1944)

55 Where would you like to go to first, sir? -Government House, but I'm not in a hurry. Just take me for a ride.

Sean Connery as James Bond in Dr. No

56 That's the trouble with ward heelers like you. You get a little political power and you think you're king. With your bribes and petty favors, you imagine you're above the law.

Cary Grant as Capt. Cummings in She Done Him Wrong (1933)

57 They want what every first-term administration wants. A second term.

Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan in Clear and Present Danger

58 It wouldn't take that long if we had the right kind of government. -Like which country, for example, Mr. Cram?

Katharine Hepburn as Linda Seton in Holiday (1938)

59 At the same time, we are doing business with the very same government that is flooding our streets with cocaine.

Al Pacino as Tony Montana in Scarface (1983)

60 The government of the United States wants to charge you two with murder and you want me to go to the prosecutor with ' Unit, Corps, God, Country'?

Tom Cruise as Lt. Daniel Kaffee in A Few Good Men