Path to War (2002 TV Movie)
Bruce McGill: George Ball, Undersecretary of State
Quotes
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George Ball, Undersecretary of State : Clark, I can't tell you how grateful I am to finally have an ally at the barricades.
Clark Clifford : Well, it's just what makes sense, George. Not to Bob McNamara, but to me. A million men was straight out of your memo of October of last year. An impressively persuasive document, in my opinion.
George Ball, Undersecretary of State : All 67 pages of it? Well, it's true I haven't shown much restraint on the subject. If the President brought you in, it must be because I'm like... an old, broken record now.
Clark Clifford : Then there'll be two of us - scratchy and irritating as hell.
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George Ball, Undersecretary of State : [Looking at McNamara and being slightly drunk] Look at him! His wife's got an ulcer. His kid's got an ulcer. Everybody's got Bob McNamara's ulcer but Bob McNamara. Sometimes I think it's all just a Goddamn academic exercise to him.
