The Fog of War (2003)

John F. Kennedy: Self

Quotes 

• [from October 27, 1962, regarding the Soviet missiles in Cuba] 

  John F. Kennedy : We're not going to get these missiles out of Cuba, probably, anyway... by negotiation.

  Tommy Thompson : I don't agree, Mr. President. I think there's still a chance...

  John F. Kennedy : That he'll back down?

  Tommy Thompson : The important thing for Khrushchev, it seems to me, is to be able to say, "I saved Cuba, I stopped an invasion".