A scene from Iron Man 2008
Tony Stark

O.K, here's an answer. My father had a philosophy. Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.

Christine Everheart

That's a great line coming from the guy selling the sticks.

Tony Stark

My father helped defeat the Nazis. He worked on the Manhattan Project. A lot of people, including your professors at Brown, would call that being a hero.

Christine Everheart

And a lot of people would also call that war-profiteering.

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