You can tolerate a little compromise if you're actually managing to get something accomplished.
— Thomas J. Whitmore, President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman)
7 seconds sound clip from the Independence Day (1996) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:06:57 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- You were thought of as young, idealistic...
- Now the message has gotten lost.
- It's just too much politics. It's too much compromise.
- Isn't it amazing how quickly everyone can turn against you?
- It's a fine line between standing behind a principle and hiding behind one.
- You can tolerate a little compromise if you're actually managing to get something accomplished.
- Well, The Orange County Dispatch has voted you one of the 10 sexiest men of the year.
- That's... That's accomplishing something!
- Mr. President, it's the secretary of defense.
- Yes.
[...]
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Actors: Jeff Goldblum (David Levinson), Bill Pullman (President Thomas J. Whitmore), Will Smith (Captain Steven Hiller), Judd Hirsch (Julius Levinson), Randy Quaid (Russell Casse), Harvey Fierstein (Marty Gilbert), Harry Connick Jr. (Captain Jimmy Wilder)
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