The Manhattan Project (1986)

John Mahoney: Lt. Col. Conroy

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• Official : Sir, what about evacuation?

  Lt. Colonel Conroy : Evacuation? Of who?

  Official : The people.

  Lt. Colonel Conroy : Oh, you mean New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Canada... those people?

• Lt. Colonel Conroy : You mean I'm gonna die because some asshole didn't bring a pair of pliers?

• Dr. John Matthewson : Look, he trusts me. Let me do it. I'll get it back. That's what we want, isn't it?

  Lt. Colonel Conroy : How do we know this thing won't be armed?

  Dr. John Matthewson : Armed?

  Lt. Colonel Conroy : That's right. He used the phrase, "I'm a terrorist." Here.

  Lt. Colonel Conroy : [reading transcript without sarcasm]  "No, I'm a terrorist. Haven't you been watching television?"

  Dr. John Matthewson : You people really live in your own world, don't you?

  Lt. Colonel Conroy : Well, we don't have the luxury of living in yours.