Tom Breaker Quotes in Under Siege (1992)

Tom Breaker: Look, Bill, if this is about reliving the 60's, you can forget about it, buddy. The movement is dead.

William Strannix: Yes, of course! Hence the name: movement. It moves a certain distance, then it stops, you see? A revolution gets its name by always coming back around in your face. You tried to kill me you son of a bitch... so welcome to the revolution.

Admiral Bates: Mr. Strannix... this is Admiral Bates speaking. Would you please tell us why the hell you're doing this?

William Strannix: Hi, Admiral. Six months ago, your boy Tom Breaker cancelled operation 'Cleopatra', and shortly thereafter two young men from Langley showed up in Miami tried to cancel me along with it. Now you *did* receive each man's right forefinger in the mail, didn't you Tom?

William Strannix: [pause] TOM!

Tom Breaker: Yes, I did.

William Strannix: [incredulous] Did you expect us to wait in Miami for you to try again?

Tom Breaker: Just last year we found out North Korea was refitting an old French sub to fire anti-ship missile, so we sent Mr. Stranix in.

Admiral Bates: You've been financing this goddamn maniac's private army, and it didn't occur to you it might become a problem?

Tom Breaker: Once we realized we had lost positive control, under Executive Order 136 we tried to neutralize him... we missed.

David Trenton, National Security Advisor: Excuse me, um, this North Korean sub... how do you know he sunk it?

Tom Breaker: [in trembling voice] Oh, we're positive he sunk it. Positive.

[Trenton smiles mockingly, because Breaker's trembling voice makes it clear that he is NOT positive at all]

[about the particle-beam weapon]

Admiral Bates: Are you telling me this goddamn thing is working now?

Tom Breaker: In fact, Admiral, it works so effectively that if we were to target the Los Angeles fault lines, in fifteen seconds... Arizona would be beachfront property.

[about Travis Dane]

Gen. Cooper: He's a brilliant guy, he can do virtually anything he puts his mind to, but he's a crazy son of a bitch...

Admiral Bates: Why would you people hire a goddamn maniac-?

Tom Breaker: [impatiently] Because, Admiral, sane people do not build weapons like this.

Admiral Bates: You know, Mr. Breaker... you'd think we'd learn something from that.