Superman II (1980)
E.G. Marshall: The President
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Quotes
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President : [on T.V] This is your President. On behalf of my country and in the name of the other leaders of the world with whom I have today consulted, I hereby abdicate all authority and control over this planet to General Zod. Only by following all his directives will the lives of millions be spared...
[desperately]
President : Superman! Can you hear me? Superman! Where are you...
General Zod : Who is this Superman?
President : You'll find out and when you do-...
General Zod : Come to me, Superman! I defy you! Come and kneel before Zod! Zod!
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General Zod : [looking at the Presidential Seal on the floor of the Oval Office] I see you are practiced in worshiping things that fly. Good. Now, rise before Zod.
[the "President" stands up]
General Zod : Kneel before Zod.
[the "President" kneels]
General Zod : You are not the President. No one who leads so many could possibly kneel so quickly.
President : [appears from behind the other men] I'm the man they're protecting. I'm the President. I'll kneel before you, if it will save lives.
General Zod : It will, starting with your own.
Ursa : [walking towards a group of military men] What a backwards planet this must be, where the men wear the ribbons... and the jewelry!
[rips the ribbons off a general's uniform]
President : What I do now, I do for the sake of the people of Earth. But there is one man on this planet who will NEVER kneel before you.
General Zod : Who is this imbecile? Where is he?
President : I wish I knew.
[kneels]
President : Oh God.
General Zod : Zod!
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President : [referring to Mount Rushmore] Thousands of hours to create and they defaced it in seconds. Imagine what they'll do to the world if we resist!