Superman II (1980)

E.G. Marshall: The President

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• President : [on T.V]  This is your President. On behalf of my country and in the name of the other leaders of the world with whom I have today consulted, I hereby abdicate all authority and control over this planet to General Zod. Only by following all his directives will the lives of millions be spared...

  [desperately] 

  President : Superman! Can you hear me? Superman! Where are you...

  General Zod : Who is this Superman?

  President : You'll find out and when you do-...

  General Zod : Come to me, Superman! I defy you! Come and kneel before Zod! Zod!

• General Zod : [looking at the Presidential Seal on the floor of the Oval Office]  I see you are practiced in worshiping things that fly. Good. Now, rise before Zod.

  [the "President" stands up] 

  General Zod : Kneel before Zod.

  [the "President" kneels] 

  General Zod : You are not the President. No one who leads so many could possibly kneel so quickly.

  President : [appears from behind the other men]  I'm the man they're protecting. I'm the President. I'll kneel before you, if it will save lives.

  General Zod : It will, starting with your own.

  Ursa : [walking towards a group of military men]  What a backwards planet this must be, where the men wear the ribbons... and the jewelry!

  [rips the ribbons off a general's uniform] 

  President : What I do now, I do for the sake of the people of Earth. But there is one man on this planet who will NEVER kneel before you.

  General Zod : Who is this imbecile? Where is he?

  President : I wish I knew.

  [kneels] 

  President : Oh God.

  General Zod : Zod!

• President : [referring to Mount Rushmore]  Thousands of hours to create and they defaced it in seconds. Imagine what they'll do to the world if we resist!