President Robert Fowler quotes from The Sum of All Fears (2002) ... Movie Quotes Database

Played by James Cromwell

The Sum of All Fears (2002) · 11 quotes

Tied for 2nd most-quoted character in The Sum of All Fears (2002): in 3 of its 11 quotes

A line from President Robert Fowler [at a gala event]

My beautiful wife, Julie, is from New Jersey. 15 electoral votes... and is, as you know, half Jewish. So we'll take Florida's 25 electoral votes and divide by two. My daughter, Jeanie, is expecting her first child. If it's a girl, she will be named Virginia. 13 electoral votes. In fact, even if it's a boy, he'll be named Virginia. She reminds me that I have publicly acknowledged that as a young Marine officer in Vietnam, I did, on a handful of occasions, smoke marijuana. [pause] California, 54 electoral votes! [guests laugh and make standing ovation]

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Scenes with President Robert Fowler

2 scenes

President Nemerov

[over the Hot Line, after the carrier attack] [in Russian]

I ordered no such attack. You must not respond to this action until we have investigated all possibilities.

President Fowler

Like you did in Chechnya? Mr. President, who is in control of your armed forces?

Nemerov

[in Russian]

You dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. You dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. Do not lecture me on Chechnya!

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Owens

[aboard the NAOC]

Are you advocating we launch a first strike...

Becker

[shouts]

It is not a first strike! There's already been a first strike! And a second! Don't you get it?

Owens

No! I don't get it! I don't understand why we have to nuke them, for God's sake! It's not reasonable!

President Fowler

[shuts down both men]

Sidney, goddamnit! They practically sank an aircraft carrier! Their missile silos are hot! We're getting nothing but bullshit from Nemerov! And let's not forget how this thing started, OK? They tried to kill me, remember! So don't **** tell me to be reasonable!

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