Murder at 1600 (1997)

Alan Alda: Jordan

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• Jordan : Harvard did a study. It said you could measure a man's longevity by the first thing he turns to in the morning paper.

  Detective Regis : I'm an obituary man.

  Jordan : Start with the comics; you'll live longer.

• President Neil : Jesus, Alvin. You really had her killed, didn't you? She was 25. She was a child!

  Alvin Jordan : She was a casualty of war!

  Detective Harlan Regis : [On seeing a livid Neil hit Alvin]  Mister... President!

• Alvin Jordan : I think President Teddy Roosevelt said it best: "If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness!"

• Alvin Jordan : You're not questioning the President! The Presidency is an institution, not a person. An institution will be protected at all costs.

• Jordan : This is global Detective. It's a little bit off your turf.

  Detective Regis : This is a homicide! This is my turf!

• Detective Regis : The tapes are classified. Out of my reach.

  Jordan : You Republican or Democrat?

  Detective Regis : I think Washington is drowning in a sea of its own bullshit.

• Jordan : Everybody has a price.

• Alvin Jordan : Any President who serves up his country as appetizers for the enemy isn't fit for this office!