“Gentleman, ladies: what if Superman had decided to fly down, rip off the roof of the White House, and grab the president right out of the Oval Office. Who would'a stopped him?”
David Harbour - White House Representative

“- Sy Spector: Bill said you used to be with the Secret Service.
- Frank Farmer: That's right.
- Sy Spector: Ever guard the main man?
- Frank Farmer: I was two years with Carter, four with Reagan.
- Sy Spector: Reagan got shot!
- Frank Farmer: Not on my shift.”
Gary Kemp - Sy Spector
Kevin Costner - Frank Farmer

“Henry is gone and the rest of us are safe. But sometimes, late at night, I find myself thinking - not about Henry, but about Susan - and wondering, if she had it to do over, would she make the same choice? I guess I'll always wonder. But I know I'll never ask.”

Elijah Wood - Mark

“- General Pierce: We use the same technique with triage on the battlefield. Sometimes, it's necessary to make difficult choices.
- Vice-President Becker: I don't accept that abandoning half the country is necessary!”

Chuck Shamata - General Pierce
Kenneth Welsh - Vice President Becker

“Twice in that life I've been given the choice: as a boy and as a man. The boy chose safety, the man chooses suffering. The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Jack Lewis