Ben quotes from National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

Abigail

Ben.

Ben

Abigail.

Riley

Abigail? What's she doing here?

Ben

What're you doing here?

Abigail

Your dad called me. Said your next clue was here.

Riley

She's really there?

Abigail

Look Ben.

Riley

Drop Her, lose her.

Abigail

I want to help.

Ben

That's very nice. But it's kind of a bad time right now.

Abigail

A bad time right now.

Ben

It's a bad time.

Abigail

Okay, I...I just flew all the way to London to offer my help...

Riley

Ben, remember the plan.

Abigail

And what you've decided is that you don't need it.

Ben

You're the one who's making a scene right now.

Abigail

I...I'm not making a scene right now!

Riley

No, we want to make a scene.

Ben

Well then, fine! If that's what you want, let's have it out right now!

Riley

Ah, so subtle.

Abigail

Ben...

Ben

Well let me guess! It's the wrong time! It's the wrong place! I'm wrong again! Wrong about us! Wrong about Thomas Gates! Wrong that you'd like the Queen Anne chair!

Abigail

You're wrong to assume I'd like the chair!

Ben

You see? You see everybody? Listen to this. This is more interesting than that. She thinks that even when I'm right, I'm wrong! Isn't that right! Abigail, just because I answer a question quickly, doesn't make it wrong!

Abigail

Not if the right answer is something we need to figure out together, as a couple! That's what couples do, Ben!

Sir, you and your missis, take it outside.

Ben

Oh, now look what you've done. You've brought the little bobbies down on us! "You take the missis outside." I'm staying right here.

Abigail

Ben!

Ben

Wheeeee!

Good afternoon, sir.

Ben

'Ello!

Been drinking, have we?

Ben

Just a nip! Just popped down to the pub for a pint, bit of all right! Going to arrest a man for that? Going to detain a blighter for enjoying his whis-key?!

That's enough, sir.

Ben

Bangers and mash.

Sir...

Ben

Bubble and squeak.

What?

Ben

Smoked eel pie.

Sir, you--

Ben

HAGGIS!

That's it! Dismount the banister!

Ben

I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts. Here they are all standing in a row. Small ones, big ones, some as big as your head!

Riley

That was... brilliant.

Ben

How fast can we get to London from here?

Riley

I don't know. [refers to the French policeman standing there] Why don't you ask your new best friend?

He's calling you a cab.

Ben

Merci beaucoup.

Ben

These twins stand resolute. Let's see... resolute twins. Resolute, and then twins. Siamese twins, Siam, trade routes between France and Thailand... that's ridiculous. HMS Resolute, a British ship that got lost in the Arctic in the 1800s, it was salvaged by American whalers then Congress sent it back to England where the ship finally retired. Queen Victoria had two desks made from its timbers. Voila... resolute twins.

Ben

He's the one who's after the treasure!

Riley

Okay, I'll drive. [they get in the car; but since the car's front seats are right-hand drive positioned, Riley ends up in the passenger seat]

Ben

We're in England.

Ben

Hack in to the London Police database and get a copy of the picture from that traffic cam.

Riley

Okey-dokey!

Ben

Can't do it?

Riley

I can do it, I just don't like you to ASSUME that I can do it.

Abigail

Why thank you, Riley.

Riley

How do you expect to get the President alone?

Ben

I'm gonna kidnap him... I'm going to kidnap the President of the United States.

Abigail

The Secret Service will never leave you alone.

Patrick

I'm your father! How do you expect me to react to this?! I can't let you ruin your life!

Riley

It's unthinkable. All you had to do was read my book-- you should have read my book!

Patrick

Exactly how do you plan on doing this?

Ben

I was thinking Mt. Vernon.

Abigail

What?!

Patrick

Ooohhh!

Riley

I'm in.

Ben

Calm down. I sent a picture of the plank to your cell phone.

Patrick

You can do that?

Riley

Start the car.

Riley

Put it in gear.

Abigail

Uh-oh.

What’s the problem? It's clear. Let's go!

Riley

We're going to jail... [Abigail opens the trunk of the car]

I want to run a check... [Abigail starts driving]

Abigail

GET IN! HANG ON! [Ben jumps into the back seat from behind]

Riley

HE’S IN! GO!

Abigail

HANG ON! [they fly over a bump] WHOA! Okay, we can do this.

Ben

DRIVE, DRIVE, DRIVE!

Abigail

Okay. [they approach a closing barricade] I don't think so!

Riley

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! [they narrowly manage to get past the barricade]

Riley

Ohh, Area 51! Right there!

Ben

Shhh!

Riley

Ah! The Kennedy Assassination!

Ben

Shhh! We don't have time!

Riley

Yeah, that's true.

Abigail

What is it?

Ben

Appears to be a counterweight to hold the door open.

Riley

What's that sound?

Abigail

Fascinating.

Riley

Ah, oh, ah! [counterweight falls apart, closing and locking the door] Sorry.

Ben

Because you're the President of the United States sir. Whether by innate character, or the oath you took to defend the Constitution, or the weight of history that falls upon you, I believe you to be the honorable man, sir.

Gates. People don't believe in that stuff anymore.

Ben

They want to believe it.

Ben

Does this phone have a camera?

Abigail

No, no it's broken

Ben

Alright, give me the plank. [Abigail gives Ben the plank] Hang on. We're gonna run a red light.

Abigail

See that?

Ben

Now that's quite something, right there.

Riley

Yeah, it says... "smudge.." It's nothing, come on guys..

Ben

I'm not sure what this is.

Patrick

So what do we do now?

Riley

Did none of you read my book? The eagle clutching a scroll? Why did nobody read my book-

Ben

You know what it means?

Riley

Yes... But it's not something that I can tell you. It's something I have to show you... in my book. [smirks] [Ben opens the package containing Riley's book] You didn't even open it?

Ben

I was moving.

Riley

Chapter 13.

Ben

"The President's Secret Book"?

Riley

It happens to be a collection of documents for Presidents, by Presidents, and for presidents' eyes only. I'm not just talking about the JFK assasination here, guys. The 18 and a half missing minutes of the Watergate tapes. Did the Apollo really land on the moon? And the coup de gras..... Area 51.

Abigail

C'mon Riley, that's a myth.

Riley

Is it, Abigail? IS IT?

Abigail

This is totally--

Riley

Crazy?

Abigail

Yeah.

Riley

Well the last time I checked, we pretty much make our livings from crazy.

Ben

He's got a point.

We both know what has to happen.

Ben

One of us keeps the door open... and stays behind.

Riley

I vote Mitch!

Riley disables the alarm

Ben

You did that in 25 seconds.

Riley

That's why I tell people to get a dog...

Ben

It's the key code. The debt that all men pay is DEATH.

Riley

Okay. L-A-B-O-U-L... lab-oo? Lah-bull? It's gibberish.

Ben

Laboulaye.

Patrick

Laboulaye.

Riley

Ah, Laboulaye! [smiles, then stops] What is that?

Riley

That did not turn out the way it was supposed to!

Abigail

How’d they find us so quick?

Riley

I’ll tell you how. The president is a tattletale!

Ben

Sadusky-- he was there. He knows more about the book than I thought.

Abigail

How’d the president feel about being kidnapped?

Ben

He was okay.