Rear Admiral Anderson, Board of Inquiry President Quotes in Crimson Tide (1995)

Rear Admiral Anderson, Board of Inquiry President: Off the record, you both created one hell of a mess.

[to Hunter]

Rear Admiral Anderson, Board of Inquiry President: A mutiny aboard a United States nuclear submarine.

[to Ramsey]

Rear Admiral Anderson, Board of Inquiry President: Violation of nuclear launch protocols.

Rear Admiral Anderson, Board of Inquiry President: I have known Captain Ramsey for almost 30 years. We served together on more than a few occasions. If he is lying this will be the first I've heard of it.

Hunter: Yes, sir.

Rear Admiral Anderson, Board of Inquiry President: My primary concern here is the breakdown in the system. In this instance the system failed because the two senior officers did not work to resolve their differences, while preserving the chain of command.

Rear Admiral Anderson, Board of Inquiry President: Now you may have been proven right, Mr Hunter, but insofar as the letter of the law is concerned, you were both right, and you were also both wrong.

Rear Admiral Anderson, Board of Inquiry President: This is the dilemma that will occupy this panel, this navy and this country's armed forces as a whole long after you leave this room.