Captain Ramirez The chicken is in the pot, over.
Clark Cook it!
Jack Ryan
Harrison Ford · 11 quotes
Ritter
Henry Czerny · 7 quotes
The President
4 quotes
Ernesto Escobedo
Miguel Sandoval · 3 quotes
Felix Cortez
Joaquim de Almeida · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Jack Ryan & Ritter (5), Jack Ryan & The President (3), Ernesto Escobedo & Felix Cortez (3)
Clear and Present Danger quotes
Page 1 of 2 Captain Ramirez Clark Clark Hey, get out of my chopper!
No, no - my chopper.
[Hands Clark receipt]
Who is doing this to me?
If I were to guess...
No, that is not I asked of you, to guess. I can guess.
Who is doing this?
If I had to guess...
No, that is not what I asked of you, to guess. I can guess. Someone has been talking to the drug police.
Now that's impossible. If anyone spoke to the police, I would be the first to know.
[a attack has occurred on the American delegation, secretly ordered by Escobedo's intelligence man Cortez]
You don't want to hear an answer.
Yes I do.
It was done to look like you did it... by one of the others, as you suspected. It's always a friend who hates you most.
I didn't sign up for this. This is someone's bullshit political agenda. Who authorized this? Cutter?
Cutter couldn't tie his own shoes without permission.
If I go down you're coming with me.
Wrong again. I have an *autographed get-out-of-jail-free card*! "The President of the United States authorizes Deputy Director of the CIA Robert Ritter to conduct 'Operation Reciprocity' including all necessary funding and support. This action is deemed important to the national security of the United States etcetera, etcetera, etcetera." You don't have one of these, do you Jack?
Who authorized this?
I'm sure they'll ask you that.
Who authorized it?
I have no recollection, Senator
You're going to jail, pal!
You broke the law.
You are such a Boy Scout! You see everything in black and white!
No, no, no! Not black and white Ritter, right and wrong!
You weren't kept out of it, you're NECK DEEP in it! You went before Congress and you got the money for it!
Jack, computer theft is a serious crime.
How dare you come in here and lecture me!
How dare you, sir!
How dare you come into this office and bark at me like some little junkyard dog? I am the President of the United States!
So go down there, establish it.
Go down where?
Colombia.
Who, me?
These drug cartels represent a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States.
[on who gets punished for 'Reciprocity']
You'll take the blame. Cutter and Ritter will take some too, but it won't amount to much. They'll get a slap on the wrist and $20,000 an hour on the lecture circuit. The rest, you'll dump on Greer. Yes, you'll take him down with you. You'll destroy his reputation. But it won't go any further than that. It's the ol' Potomac two-step, Jack.
I'm sorry, Mr. President, I don't dance.