Adlai Stevenson: I'm an old political cat, Kenny, but I've
got one life left.
[About the Joint Chiefs of Staff.] Kenny O'Donnell: They
want a war, Jack, and they're arranging things to get one.
General Curtis LeMay: The goddamn Kennedys are gonna destroy
this country if we don't do something about this!
President John F. Kennedy: I am the commander in chief,
and I decide when we go to war!
Kenny O'Donnell: If the sun comes up tomorrow, it is only
because of men of good will. That is all there is between
us and the devil.
Dean Rusk: This is not a blockade. This is language the
like of which the world has never seen. This is President
Kennedy communicating with Secretary Khrushchev!
