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View Quote Dean Acheson: Gentlemen, for the last fifteen years, I've fought at this table alongside your predecessors in the struggle against the Soviet. Now I do not wish to seem melodramatic, but I do wish to impress upon you a lesson I learned with bitter tears and great sacrifice.
View Quote Kenny O'Donnell: I got a bad feeling about what's going on in there! President Kennedy : In the morning I'm taking charge of the blockade from the situation room and MacNamara is gonna set up shop at the flagpot at the Pentagon and keep an eye on things there.
A great memorable quote from the Thirteen Days movie on Quotes.net - Robert McNamara: We'd look pretty bad shooting up a freighter full of baby food.
Thirteen Days (2000) quotes. Director. Roger Donaldson. Cast. Kevin Costner. Bruce Greenwood. Shawn Driscoll. In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis. If the sun comes up tomorrow, it is only because of men of good will.
Robert McNamara: A quarantine prevents any more missiles from reaching Cuba, but it doesn't remove the missiles already there; it gives the Soviets a chance to pull back without a war. If they refuse to remove the missiles, we retain the option to strike and invade.
Jan 4, 2024 · Thirteen Days is a 2000 film about the handling of the two-week Cuban missile crisis in October 1962 by President John F. Kennedy. Directed by Roger Donaldson. Written by David Self.
Oct 31, 2003 · Thirteen Days views the events of 1962 from a behind-the-scenes perspective within the corridors of power in the US Government, and is heavily influenced by actual journalism from the period.
