“Well, boys, this is it. Nuclearcombat, toe to toe with the Rooskies.”
Slim Pickens - Maj. 'King' Kong

“- President Nemerov: 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?
- President Nemerov: You dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. You dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. Do not lecture me on Chechnya!”

Ciarán Hinds - President Nemerov
James Cromwell - President Fowler

“You think that nuclear war is unthinkable because once it starts, no-one can win. Well, you're wrong!”
Peter Cook - Sir Mortimer Chris

“A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?”

James Ackerman - Joshua

“There is a rumor they are evacuating Moscow. Yeah. There are even people leaving Kansas City because of the missile fields. Now I ask you: Where does one go from Kansas City? To, uh, the Yukon? To Tahiti? We are not talking about Hiroshima anymore. Hiroshima was... was peanuts!”
George Petrie - Dr. Landowska