Designated Survivor
Fridays on NetflixDesignated Survivor Season 1 Episode 2: "The First Day" Quotes
I don't need a nuclear solution. I need a political one.
Kirkman
This was an act of madness. This was an act of terror.
Kirkman
How can anybody be ready for this?
Kirkman
Tragedy either makes people appreciate their fellow man or fear them.
Seth
Kirkman: Mike, just out of curiosity, what was it before?
Mike: Sir?
Kirkman: My code name when I was Secretary of HUD. What was it.
Mike: Glasses. Sir.
I look like the White House sofa.
Alex
Cochrane: How much more?
Kirkman: 25, dammit!
America is demanding action, and I am giving you an enemy we can kill.
Cochrane
We know who blew up the Capitol.
Cochrane
This is your house now, so make it your own. Whatever you need, just ask. Republican, Democrat, Independent. It doesn't matter anymore. We're all Americans today.
Congresswoman Hookstraten
Kirkman: You don't need to get up every time I walk into a room. I'm not the Queen.
Seth: No, sir. Virtually no resemblance.
Royce: There is no Congress. Tehre is no Supreme Court. When it comes to the people of Michigan, I am the highest authority, and you have none over me.
Kirkman: With all due respect, sir, I am the President.
Royce: Not mine. So, you'll have to excuse me, Mr. Kirkman, while you're busy learning how to become president, I got ten million citizens to protect.
