Outbreak (film)

"[appeals to the Clean Sweep bomber crew to call off the strike] You hear me, dont you, guys? Ill say it one last time. These people that youre going to bomb are not the enemy. We can kill the virus without killing these people. I swear on my soul that the President does not have the facts. He doesnt know we have a working serum. Oh Christ, if you think Im lying, drop the bomb. If you think Im crazy, drop the bomb, but dont drop the bomb just because youre following orders! What you havent been told is that your superiors have another agenda. Dont you understand that right below you in Cedar Creek, theres a biological weapon that theyve been manufacturing illegally for the last 30 years?!? Hey, I guarantee you that the disease has spread beyond the perimeters of this town! If you incinerate Cedar Creek, you incinerate the serum!!!"

"[addresses Cabinet after General McClintock briefs them on Operation Clean Sweep] Now, as I understand it, you want to firebomb the town of Cedar Creek, California, population 2600, with something called a "fuel-air bomb", the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in our arsenal. [describes with hands] The way it works, it explodes, sucks in all available oxygen to the core, vaporizes everything within a mile of ground zero — men, women, children, and one airborne virus. Destruction complete, case closed, crisis over. [He pulls out a small booklet from his back pocket.] This... Constitution of the United States... [throws on table] Ive read it cover to cover. I dont find anything in it about vaporizing 2600 American citizens, but it does say — several times — that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process. So, a couple of things before "Clean Sweep" is even considered: One, unanimous, unwavering support for the president on this one and I mean public, youre gonna stand there shoulder to shoulder with him - he goes down, you go down. And the second thing is, I want an army of experts citing hundreds of thousands of lab experiments, telling any idiot with a camera, that there was no other way! You got that? Hmm? No member of this government is gonna go sneaking off to the Washington Post telling how "they were the sole voice of opposition." If there is a voice of opposition out there, I want him in here now! [Throws a wad of photos on the table.] Those are the citizens of Cedar Creek. Go on, look at them - these are not statistics, ladies and gentlemen - theyre flesh and blood, and I want you to burn those into your memories, because those images should haunt us til the day we die!"

"Robert Alan Beuth — George Armistead (export clerk)"

"Dustin Hoffman — Col. Sam Daniels"

"This animal carries a deadly virus… and the greatest medical crisis in the world is about to happen."

"Morgan Freeman — Brig. Gen. Billy Ford"

"Donald Sutherland — Maj. Gen. Donald McClintock"

"Diana Bellamy — Mrs. Pananides"

"Kevin Spacey — Maj. Casey Schuler"

"Matthew Saks — Sgt. Wolf (airport dispatch)"

"J. T. Walsh — White House Chief of Staff"