Primary Colors (film)

"I'm gonna do something really outrageous: I'm gonna tell the truth."

"We can do incredible things. We can change this country. I'm gonna win this thing. Look me in the eye, Henry, and tell me that you don't want to be a part of it."

"You don't think Abraham Lincoln was a whore before he was a president? He had to tell his little stories and smile his shit-eating back country grin, and he did it all just so he could have the opportunity to one day stand before the nation and appeal to the better angels of our nature. And that's where the bullshit stops. That's what it's all about — so we have the opportunity to do it the right way. You know as well as I do, that plenty of people playing this game, they don't think that way. They're willing to sell their souls, crawl through sewers, lie to people, divide them, play on their worst fears for nothing! Just for the prize."

"[speaking at Libby's funeral] Most of us here grew up with Libby Holden. She was our friend. She was our big sister. She bullied us, went after us, and worst of all, she remembered everything about us. All those young promises made, everything we wanted to be, everything we wanted the world to be — she remembered them all in the original wording. She wrote me a note before she died. [fighting tears as he reads it] "I am so fucking disappointed in you. Shape up!" I am so sorry that I disappointed her, and I am so sorry that I can't stand before her and promise to do better. She lent us all her warmth, her idealism, her madness. She had the most amazing heart."

"Your grandfather was a great man. Jack Stanton could also be a great man, if he wasn't such a faithless, thoughtless, disorganized, undisciplined shit."

"The only shot we have here is to be perfect."

"The media giveth, and go fuck yourself"

"You just called me a redneck, which I'm proud to say I am, and you, Hodgkiss, are a honky! You just look black, and it's the best part of ya! Lets you intimidate the palefaces, especially lib-labs, and lets ya work that voodoo sexual shit on white girls. Well, I'm probably blacker than you are. I got some slave in me. I can feel it."

"That's what these guys do. They love you and then stop lovin' you."

"From now on you can call me the Dust Buster — I'm stronger than dirt!"

"[holding a gun to a political adversary's crotch] I am a gay lesbian woman — I do not mythologize the male sexual organ. I know you did it. It wasn't enough sticking with the crap Jack actually did — you had to get creative! Well, mister, you're about to become missus!"

"[about Jack Stanton] He's poked his pecker in some sorry trash bins."

"[while watching Shane] Come back, Shane. Run for president."

"I'm not comparing the players. I don't like the game."

"They're Not Exactly A Well Organized Well-Oiled Machine, But That's Their Secret."

"Comes The Story Of A Man Who Says Yes To Destiny But Couldn't Say No To Anything Else"

"Comes The Story Of A Man Of The People And The People Who Made In The Man"

"What went down on the way to the top."

"He was born to run."

"How Much Spin Does It Take To Win?"

"John Travolta - Gov./President Jack Stanton"

"Emma Thompson - Susan Stanton"

"Adrian Lester - Henry Burton"

"Billy Bob Thornton - Richard Jemmons"

"Kathy Bates - Libby Holden"

"Maura Tierney - Daisy Green"

"Paul Guilfoyle - Howard Ferguson"

"Larry Hagman - Governor Fred Picker"

"Stacy Edwards - Jennifer Rogers"

"Diane Ladd - Mamma Stanton"

"Kevin Cooney - Senator Lawrence Harris"

"Rebecca Walker - March Cunningham"

"Caroline Aaron - Lucille Kaufman"

"Tommy Hollis - William "Fat Willie" McCollister"

"Rob Reiner - Izzy Rosenblatt"

"Ben L. Jones - Arlen Sporken"

"J. C. Quinn - Uncle Charlie"

"Allison Janney - Miss Walsh"

"Robert Klein - Norman Asher"

"Mykelti Williamson - Dewayne Smith"

"Robert Easton - Dr. Beauregard"

"Geraldo Rivera - himself"

"Charlie Rose - himself"

"Larry King - himself"

"Chelcie Ross - Charlie Martin"

"Tony Shalhoub - Eddie Reyes"

"John Vargas - Lorenzo Delgado"

"Robert Cicchini - Jimmy Ozio"

"Gia Carides - Cashmere McLeod"

"Bill Maher - himself"