“Bob Roberts” quotes
(1992)Tim Robbins
directed this movie
in 1992
Title Bob Roberts
Year 1992
Director Tim Robbins
Genre Drama, Comedy
Year 1992
Director Tim Robbins
Genre Drama, Comedy
All actors – Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise, Brian Murray, Gore Vidal, Rebecca Jenkins, Harry Lennix, John Ottavino, Robert Stanton, Kelly Willis, Merrilee Dale
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The closer we are to discovering the connection, the more the Congress turns a blind eye to it. "We can't talk about that in open session!", they say. "National security reasons". The truth lies dormant in their laps and they stay blind out of choice. A conspiracy of silence.
“The reason that Iran-Contra happened is because nobody did anything substantial about Watergate. And the reason that Watergate happened is that there were no consequences from the Bay of Pigs. They are all the same operatives, didn't you notice? The foot soldiers in the Bay of Pigs, the plumbers that got busted at Watergate, the gunrunners in...” (continue)(continue reading)
“Bob Roberts is Nixon, only he's shrewder, more complicated, this Bob Roberts. Now here is a man who has adopted the persona and mindset of a free-thinking rebel and turned it on itself. The Rebel Conservative! That is deviant brilliance. What a Machiavellian poser.”
“Don't smoke crack. It's a ghetto drug.”
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