Agent: How did this happen, Mike?
Mike Banning: They only have to get it right once.
Benjamin Asher: We should go for the embassy.
Mike Banning: No, they'll be expecting that. There's an MI6 safehouse near here. I have a contact there. We go there, we wait it out, and we get an extraction.
Benjamin Asher: Do you trust them?
Mike Banning: Yeah.
[indicating a dead terrorist who was posing
as a police officer]
Mike Banning: The fact is, every single one of these guys is a terrorist asshole until proven otherwise. The only person you trust right now is me, okay?
Kamran Barkawi: [about a drone strike] I held my sister in my arms as she died in my arms. We all have our monsters, Mr. President.
Aamir Barkawi: London is just the first stop. Just imagine every major city, descending into chaos. Your president dies tonight.
Benjamin Asher: How many do you think died?
Mike Banning: I don't know. A lot.
Benjamin Asher: All those innocent people. Dead, because of me.
Mike Banning: No, not because of you. Because of them. They're trying to kill you, sir. And they've killed all these people just to make everyone else a little more
afraid. Well, fuck that and fuck them.
Benjamin Asher: Mike, you don't let them take me.
Mike Banning: I'm not going to.
Benjamin Asher: Let me finish. If it comes to it, if it's going to happen...
Mike Banning: Sir...
Benjamin Asher: [cutting him off] Mike. If it comes to it, I want you to kill me. That's an order. I will
not be executed for propaganda as my son and the American people see me on fucking YouTube for the rest of their lives.
Benjamin Asher: Just thinking about my son. He sends me these jokes every day. It's kind of our - I don't know, our thing, or... A little off color. His mother wouldn't approve, but... I tell you something, Mike. These little messages I get from him every day... they mean everything, you'll see. Most important thing, never criticize, always encourage. You just want them to be
passionate. That's what I always tell my son. Find something you care about and care deeply. That and the golden rule. Treat others as you'd like to be treated.