No, they just lack a "moral toughness"? Jesus Christ, Mac! And you, you think I'll play...
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McGeorge Bundy:
These people are right, and the Kennedys are wrong. We need you to talk to them - they'll listen to you. Jack and Bobby are good men but it takes a certain amount of... Kenny O'Donnell:
You mean the president of the United States-? McGeorge Bundy:
They are good men... Kenny O'Donnell:
-and the attorney general? McGeorge Bundy:
Kenny, they're good men but it takes a certain character - moral toughness - to stand up to the Soviets. Kenny O'Donnell:
[whispering]
You listen to me. You're in the White House right now because of the Kennedys. Now, they may be wrong; they make mistakes, but they are not weak. The weak ones are these people who can't seem to speak their own minds. McGeorge Bundy:
You know I don't mean that they're weak. Kenny O'Donnell:
[shouting]
No, they just lack a "moral toughness"? Jesus Christ, Mac! And you, you think I'll play your Judas for you. You've never understood us, your kind - we've been fighting with each other our whole lives, but nobody plays us off each other, and nobody ever, *ever* gets between us!
These people are right, and the Kennedys are wrong. We need you to talk to them - they'll listen to you. Jack and Bobby are good men but it takes a certain amount of... Kenny O'Donnell:
You mean the president of the United States-? McGeorge Bundy:
They are good men... Kenny O'Donnell:
-and the attorney general? McGeorge Bundy:
Kenny, they're good men but it takes a certain character - moral toughness - to stand up to the Soviets. Kenny O'Donnell:
[whispering]
You listen to me. You're in the White House right now because of the Kennedys. Now, they may be wrong; they make mistakes, but they are not weak. The weak ones are these people who can't seem to speak their own minds. McGeorge Bundy:
You know I don't mean that they're weak. Kenny O'Donnell:
[shouting]
No, they just lack a "moral toughness"? Jesus Christ, Mac! And you, you think I'll play your Judas for you. You've never understood us, your kind - we've been fighting with each other our whole lives, but nobody plays us off each other, and nobody ever, *ever* gets between us!
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but these people are right and the Kennedys are wrong
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We need you to talk to them
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They'll listen to you
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Jack and Bobby are good men but it takes a certain
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You mean the President of the United States
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And the Attorney General
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Kenny they are good men but it takes a certain character
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moral toughness to stand up to the Soviets
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You listen to me
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You're in the White House right now because of the Kennedys
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Now they may be wrong they make mistakes
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but they are not weak
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The weak ones are these people who can't seem to speak their own minds
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You know I don't mean that they're weak
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No they just lack a moral toughness
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Jesus Christ Mac
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Movie Summary
In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis.
