"[to Cutter, before commencing a covert action] Let me make this very clear: this is your deal, not mine, so unless I have written authorization, this whole thing is over before it starts because I'm not going to be the only one left without a chair when the music stops."

"Clark Gregg - Staff Sergeant"

"Reg E. Cathey - Sergeant Major"

"Reed Diamond - Coast Guard Chief"

"Colleen Flynn - Coast Guard Captain"

"Greg Germann - Petey"

"Donald Moffat - President Edward Bennett"

"Henry Czerny - Robert "Bob" Ritter"

"Harris Yulin - James Cutter"

"Miguel Sandoval - Ernesto Escobedo"

"Joaquim de Almeida - Félix Cortez"

"Raymond Cruz - Domingo Chavez"

"Benjamin Bratt - Captain Ramírez"

"Anne Archer - Cathy Ryan"

"James Earl Jones - Admiral Jim Greer"

"Willem Dafoe - John Clark"

"Harrison Ford - Jack Ryan"

"The war of drugs would lead him to the war of power."

"Truth needs a soldier."

"These drug cartels represent a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States."

"[on Cutter's computer] They're in. Congratulations, James, you've got your own little war."

"Ciarán Hinds - President Nemerov"

"[reacting to being forced out of the Pentagon] General, the president is basing his decisions on some really bad information right now. And if you shut me out, your family, and my family, and 25 million other families will be dead in 30 minutes!!!"

"The bomb is in play! Dylan's called the AFRAT team! They're meeting me at the docks in twenty minutes! We're going to see if we can find it!"

"[negotiating with President Nemerov through a hotline] Sir, I know you. I know you had nothing to do with the Baltimore bomb, and you sure as hell know you didn't! But you're still about to launch a nuclear strike against us! This no longer has anything to do with Baltimore! Now it's about fear! Our fear of your missiles, your fear of our subs, fear of being weak, fear of making a mistake... the same fear of the other guy that had us build these goddamn bombs in the first place!"

"Most people believe that the 20th century was a death struggle between Communism and Capitalism, and that Fascism was but a hiccup. But today we know better. Communism was a fool's errand. The followers of Marx gone from this earth, but the followers of Hitler abound and thrive. Hitler, however, had one great disadvantage. He lived in a time when Fascism, like a virus... like the AIDS virus... needed a strong host in order to spread. Germany was that host. But Germany did not prevail. The world was too big. Fortunately, the world has changed. Global communications, cable TV, the internet. Today the world is smaller and a virus does not need a strong host in order to spread. The virus... is airborne. One more thing. Let no man call us crazy. They called Hitler crazy. But Hitler was not crazy. He was stupid. You don't fight Russia and America. You get Russia and America to fight each other... and destroy each other."

"[at a gala event] My beautiful wife, Julie, is from New Jersey. 15 electoral votes... and is, as you know, half Jewish. So we'll take Florida's 25 electoral votes and divide by two. My daughter, Jeanie, is expecting her first child. If it's a girl, she will be named Virginia. 13 electoral votes. In fact, even if it's a boy, he'll be named Virginia. She reminds me that I have publicly acknowledged that as a young Marine officer in Vietnam, I did, on a handful of occasions, smoke marijuana. [pause] California, 54 electoral votes! [guests laugh and make standing ovation]"

"27,000 Nuclear Weapons, One is Missing."

"Ben Affleck - Jack Ryan"

"Morgan Freeman - DCI William Cabot"

"Bridget Moynahan - Dr. Catherine Muller"

"James Cromwell - President Robert Fowler"

"Liev Schreiber - John Clark"

"Alan Bates - Richard Dressler"

"Ron Rifkin - Secy. State Sidney Owens"

"Listen! Who are we looking for here, huh? IRA terrorists or some ultra-violent faction of the IRA, fighting the cause their way? Jimmy O'Reardon checked into a hotel with a woman with long red hair. Long red hair! This is who we should be looking for! We find her... we'll find him."

"[showing Marty some pictures of the woman they're after, provided by Paddy O'Neil] Paddy O'Neill can sleep at night. In fact, he probably enjoys the irony. She's not Irish; she's English."

"Alun Armstrong - Sgt. Owens"

"Hugh Fraser - Geoffrey Watkins"

"Alex Norton - Dennis Cooley"

"Richard Harris - Paddy O'Neil"

"James Earl Jones - Vice Admiral Jim Greer"

"J. E. Freeman - Marty Cantor"

"Polly Walker - Annette"

"Samuel L. Jackson - Lieutenant Commander Robby Jackson"

"David Threlfall - Inspector Robert Highland"

"Ellen Geer - Rose"

"James Fox - Lord William Holmes"

"Thora Birch - Sally Ryan"

"Sean Bean - Sean Miller"