Sometimes you can get a good quote even from Tom Clancy book.

[arpad]

President: My job is to preserve, protect, and defend the country...
Advisor: No, your job is to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution.

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[franz-josef.livejournal.com]

Great!
That's why I don't like leaders like Bush or Putin: they incline to the former while I like politicians who prefer the latter...

[veyasar.livejournal.com]

You remember, then, how the debate turned out.

In that situation, I'd say Jack Ryan was right.