:11:07
Gentlemen, the presidency was
never won by a vice president...
:11:10
...filling out his fallen predecessor's
term of office.
:11:13
That may not be in this instance...
:11:15
The only thing people will
remember about McKinley...
:11:18
...is he got himself shot.
:11:19
Teddy's the most popular president
since Washington.
:11:22
Why drag in Washington?
:11:24
You know it and I know it, but that
damn cowboy doesn't know it.
:11:28
What he wants is some issue
to hang his campaign on...
:11:32
...something to arouse the populace.
:11:34
- A cavalry charge?
- So to speak.
:11:38
Morocco?
:11:39
You know as well as I do
we can't have Arab desperadoes...
:11:43
...running around kidnapping
American citizens.
:11:45
If I had my way,
I'd go in with Winchesters...
:11:48
...a battalion of Marines...
:11:50
- I can't do that. Can I?
- No.
:11:52
- Has this Raspuli...?
- Raisuli.
:11:54
Raspuli, Raisuli, whatever.
:11:56
- Has he made any terms?
- No.
:12:00
- Good, that gives us an excuse.
- He will, though.
:12:02
What makes you so sure?
:12:03
He kidnapped a British consul once...
:12:06
...but they became friends, and he sent
him back. Spat on the blood money.
:12:09
Yes. There's been others, though,
Spanish and French emissaries.
:12:12
Send them back too?
:12:15
- Parts of them.
- Parts of them?
:12:18
Obviously, he has no respect
for human life.
:12:23
Threatening the lives and property
of American citizens...
:12:27
...it's an insult in the eyes
of the world community.
:12:30
Arabian thief holding me up
like a common desperado.
:12:34
Theodore, you're on to something.
I don't quite know what.
:12:38
- What is it that you want, Theodore?
- What do I want? I want respect!
:12:43
That's what. Respect for human life
and American property.
:12:46
And I'll send the Atlantic squadron
to Morocco to get respect.
:12:50
That's illegal.
:12:53
Why spoil the beauty of a thing
with legality?