Alexander Haig Quotes in The Iron Lady (2011)

Alexander Haig: So you are proposing to go to war over these islands. They're thousands of miles away, a handful of citizens, politically and economically insignificant, if you'll excuse me.

Margaret Thatcher: Just like Hawaii... I imagine.

[while Nixon is being wheeled through hospital on a stretcher]

Alexander Haig: I'm in charge here!

Alexander Haig: I'm afraid we have another problem, Mr. President.

[He hands him a paper. Nixon glances at it]

Alexander Haig: June 23rd, '72, sir. The part that's underlined. Your instructions to Haldeman regarding the CIA and the FBI.

Richard M. Nixon: So?

Alexander Haig: Your lawyers feel it's the..."smoking gun".

Richard M. Nixon: It's totally out of context. I was protecting the national security. I never intended...

Alexander Haig: Sir, the deadline is today.

Richard M. Nixon: Can we get around this, Al?

Alexander Haig: It's the Supreme Court, sir. You don't get around it.