American President1995
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Who were the U.S. presidents? What did they accomplish? What qualities defined them, both as public figures and private men? In this made-for-PBS documentary series, brilliantly adapted from the acclaimed book The American President, these question… more »
President Andrew Shepherd:
What I did tonight was not about political gain.
Leon Kodak:
Yes sir. But it can be, sir. What you did tonight was very presidential.
President Andrew Shepherd:
Leon, somewhere in Libya right now, a janitor's working the night shift at Libyan Intelligence headquarters. He's going about doing his job... because he has no idea, in about an hour he's going to die in a massive explosion. He's just going about his job, because he has no idea that about an hour ago I gave an order to have him killed. You've just seen me do the least presidential thing I do.
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