Why don't you have any faith in the system of government you're so hellbent on protecting?...
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Defence Secretary Charles Potter:
I'm a patriot, Mr. President. President William Foster:
Why don't you have any faith in the system of government you're so hellbent on protecting? You win a mandate at the ballot box. You don't steal it after midnight when its back's turned. This game has been played everywhere else in the world. I guess i just took it for granted that it could never happen here
I'm a patriot, Mr. President. President William Foster:
Why don't you have any faith in the system of government you're so hellbent on protecting? You win a mandate at the ballot box. You don't steal it after midnight when its back's turned. This game has been played everywhere else in the world. I guess i just took it for granted that it could never happen here
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I'm a patriot Mr President
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Why don't you have any faith in the system of government
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you're so hellbent on protecting
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You win a mandate at the ballot box
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You don't steal it after midnight when its back's turned
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This game has been played
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everywhere else in the world
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I guess I just took it for granted
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that it could never happen here
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Movie Summary
A Colonel working at the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a plot by his superior to use military force to remove the elected President, who always opposed Pentagon budget increases, and to replace him with a much tamer Vice-President.
Actors
Defence Secretary Charles Potter
President William Foster
