"I am tired of weakness! I am faced with a grave problem, and I intend to resolve it quickly and cleanly."

"Do you realize the magnitude of the scandal? The Secretary of Defense and a Soviet agent sharing the favors of a murd…"

"Tom is the one who saw you at Susan's. He's known about you all along, isn't that right? We do know what that means. …"

"You have no idea what men of power can do!"

"David Brice: [to Scott, who's arrived late] Order some breakfast! It's the most important meal of the day. You should…"

"Susan Atwell: [as the band starts playing "D'ya think I'm Sexy" by Rod Stewart and two people start disco dancing] We…"

"Tom Farrell: [one of the Contras tries to follow him into the bathroom] I would rather do this myself. You can listen…"

"Schiller: [to Tom] In the Philippines when you passed that bag of underwear, Moscow was not amused! I should have act…"

"Kevin Costner - Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell"

"Gene Hackman - Defense Secretary David Brice"