
Path to War
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- Year:
- 2002
- 165 min
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Congratulations, Mr. President.
Just the beginnin, Bob.
Sir! Mr. President, over here, please.
Thank you.
She is pretty.
Havin a good time, George?
Great night, Mr. President.
What a night.
Senator Dirksen,
the President would be delighted
if you'd join him in the Oval Office
after the ball.
I will.
One thing I can say
about the Great Society:
it sure is crowded!
Up all night writing this one, Dick?
Uh, this is one speech
I'll gladly disavow.
Got a clippin here.
Quotes my honorable defeated opponent,
Senator Goldwater.
Calls my Secretary of Defense
Outrageous!
Now, I stand here tonight
to tell you this,
that I regard Bob McNamara here
as not only one of the smartest
but one of the most humane men I know.
Right here.
And that goes
for all my blue ribbon men
you see here tonight.
Never in our history
has there been such
an abundance of brain and talent,
why I've got three
our four Rhodes scholars,
four or five graduates of Harvard,
a couple from Yale, and why,
there's even one here tonight
from Southwest Texas
State Teachers College!
And don't you know,
that one rules the roost!
Thank you.
Watch broken, Jack?
Timin it.
Timin what?
The applause. He'll ask.
In a land of great wealth,
families must not live
in hopeless poverty.
In a land rich in harvest,
children just must not go hungry.
In a land of healing miracles,
neighbors must not suffer
and die unattended.
In a great land of learning
and scholars,
young people must be taught
to read and write.
A bit more volume, please,
Mr. President.
I want to hear every brilliant word
that Dick Goodwin wrote
for your marvelous speech.
Goodwin!? Who told you Goodwin wrote
that speech?
A dozen people work on my speeches,
and nobody more than I do.
Why Jack here's been writin some
of my best stuff for seven years.
his last secretary.
But, thank you for the credit,
Mr. President.
All right, good night, Jack.
Good night, Mr. President.
Good night, Senator.
Good night, Jack.
Yeah, Goodwin wrote
maybe a word or two.
Society the other.
Smart sonovabitch got
that out of a book.
Now, listen to me, Ev and listen well.
You're a good friend,
I don't want to see
you retire prematurely.
But as this reception
plainly shows you,
gonna stand for you
fellahs in the other side
of the isle draggin your feet
in any of my programs.
Now, FDR passed a handful of bills
I'm gonna pass a bucketful.
Poverty, education, healthcare.
I'm gonna finish what I started
on Civil Rights, too.
I'm tellin ya, Jim Crow put a collar
on more smart men,
sure as they were sentenced
Whoa-whoa-whoa. I take offense, sir.
We are most humane to our condemned.
The Great Society
is my beautiful woman, Ev,
and I'm takin her by the arm.
And as the greatest republican leader
in this century,
Edward Dirksen's gonna take her
by the other
and help me escort that lady home.
Yes, and knowing what is likely
thence to ensue, Mr. President,
that is where I shall take my leave.
Lyndon, I apologize for interruptin,
I thought
perhaps you'd like some sandwiches
from the kitchen.
Mrs. Johnson, my most abject apology.
I have kept your husband far too long
on this most festive occasion.
No.
Mr. President,
my heartfelt congratulations, sir.
Outta here.
Good night.
Good night.
...in abundance of what we'e learned
from heartache.
Democracy rests upon the people.
Freedom is a gift,
(4.33 / 6 votes)
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