I have to tell you, I have some real problems with this whole thing despite how much we...
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[Bill Sullivan visits Ed at home to let him know that they're forming the CIA as a peacetime OSS]
Bill Sullivan:
I have to tell you, I have some real problems with this whole thing despite how much we need it. I'm concerned that too much power will end up in the hands of too few. It's always in somebody's best interest to promote enemies real or imagined. I see this as America's eyes and ears; I don't want it to become its heart and soul. So I told the president for this to work there is going to have to be some kind of civilian oversight.
Edward Wilson:
Oversight? How can you have a covert organization if you have people looking over your shoulder?
Bill Sullivan:
You know who gave Hitler his power? The clerks and the bookkeepers, the civil servants. I have this one weakness: I believe in a just God. I always seem to err on the side of democracy.
[Bill Sullivan is getting into his car to leave]
Bill Sullivan:
No matter what anyone tells you there'll be no one you can really trust.
[pause, looks away]
Bill Sullivan:
I'm afraid when all is said and done we're all just clerks too.
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if you have people looking over your shoulder
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You know who gave Hitler his power The clerks and the bookkeepers
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The civil servants
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I have this one weakness
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I believe in a just God
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I always seem to err on the side of democracy
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This must be a nice place to raise a family
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I never made the time
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I'll be dead in less than a year
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I love this country
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We all do sir We all do
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No matter what anyone tells you there'll be no one you can really trust
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I'm afraid when all is said and done we're all just clerks too
Clip duration: 66 seconds
Views: 306
Timestamp in movie: 01h 21m 51s
Uploaded: 18 November, 2022
Genres: drama, history, thriller
Summary: The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.
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00:17 How do I know I can trust you
00:24 My orders came through
00:22 I'll be looking for patriotic
00:19 I'm concerned that too much power will end up in the...
00:06 I just wanted to hear something from you that was true
00:15 You are never to tell anyone what it is that I do
00:40 Reflecting not my gaze
00:16 I could take the government off your back if you could help...
00:09 There can't be two of you
01:03 Everything is a secret
00:57 Your most guarded secret
00:15 They're a weakness of mine
00:50 Merry Christmas
00:10 How did the Irish poet say it
00:32 Do you know what our code name is for you
00:14 You're asking me to give you FBI files of an American...
00:13 If we continue down this road
00:25 I still don't believe you
00:26 Everything that seems clear is bent