Sadusky Quotes in National Treasure (2004)

Sadusky: Agent Dawes, do you have a visual? Can you see Gates in the water?

Agent Dawes: Sir, it's the Hudson. Nothing is visible.

Sadusky: Smart fish.

[Sadusky, Woodruff and Herbert are walking down the hall after speaking to the guests]

Sadusky: There's a copy of the Declaration on display now?

Dr. Stan Herbert: Yes, we decided to...

Sadusky: Leave it there. The guests know something happened but they don't know what.

[They pass the guard attacked by Ian and his men who is now recovering. Agent Dawes joins them as they pass]

Agent Dawes: They got him with a taser at the service entrance. He doesn't remember a thing. Also, we found bullet casings.

Sadusky: We get a description from the other guards?

Guard Woodruff: Which guards?

Sadusky: The guards that were fired upon.

Guard Woodruff: There weren't any other guards on patrol down here.

[Sadusky looks intrigued and contemplates the bullet holes in the glass of the Declaration's case]

Sadusky: So... who was shooting, who were they shooting at... and why weren't they getting along?

[Agent Hendricks clears his throat]

Sadusky: Yes, Agent Hendricks, you've got something?

Agent Hendricks: Um...

Sadusky: This isn't a day for "Um."

Agent Hendricks: We received a tip a few days ago that someone was going to steal the Declaration of Independence.

Sadusky: [nodding] Do we have a name on the tipster?

Agent Hendricks: Uh, there was no file opened. We didn't find the information credible.

Sadusky: [beat] How about now?

Sadusky: So, here is your options: Door number one - you go to prison for a very long time. Door number two - we're going to get back the Declaration of Independence; you help us find it, and... you still go to prison for a very long time. But you'll feel better inside.

Ben Gates: Is there a door that doesn't lead to prison?

Sadusky: [laughing] Someone's got to go to prison, Ben.

Sadusky: [interrogating him after his son and the others ran away] And you have no idea where he went.

Patrick Gates: Well wouldn't I have told you if I did?

Sadusky: I don't know, would you?

Sadusky: The Templars and the Freemasons believed that the treasure was too great for any one man to have, not even a king. That's why they went to such lengths to keep it hidden.

Ben Gates: That's right. The founding fathers believed the same thing about government. I figure their solution will work for the treasure too.

Sadusky: Give it to the people.

Sadusky: Gates? Are you with me?

Ben Gates: Well, I'm sure not against you, if that's what you're asking.

[from trailer]

FBI Agent Hendricks: Treasure hunter Ben Gates is on the news again.

Sadusky: What did he find now, Atlantis?

Sadusky: [to Ben] Your friend writes a book about government conspiricies and you think we don't know about it?

[from trailer]

Sadusky: There is a book and it has the information you need. The President's Book of Secrets. A collection of documents for President's eyes only. The truth behind the JFK conspiracy. The missing minutes from the Watergate tapes. And of course, Area 51.

Ben Gates: It contains all of our nation's secrets. I need to see that book.

Sadusky: The only way you'll ever see that book is if you get elected President.