24 (TV Series)

Day 6: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. (2007)

Powers Boothe: Vice President Noah Daniels

Quotes 

• Vice President Noah Daniels : Congratulations this is an excellent plan

  Tom Lennox : Thank you very much Mr. Vice President

  Vice President Noah Daniels : It's about time someone in this Administration stood up to these people: to be honest, I didn't think this President had the stomach for this

  Tom Lennox : I think we're about ready here, I'm going to put you on speakerphone

  President Wayne Palmer : [while entering the room to meet with his Cabinet members]  is the Vice President with us?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : I'm here Mr. President

  President Wayne Palmer : I'm assuming everyone here has read Executive Order 1066? Tom first proposed this plan to me very early this morning and I rejected it: sacrificing the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution seem like too steep of a price, even for the "promise" of security but then Fayed murdered twelve thousand innocent Americans with a nuclear weapon, I felt compelled to "revisit" my earlier position. After careful reconsideration, I remain convinced that my initial response was in fact the right one. Implementing this plan would be a terrible mistake. Now I cannot and I will not endorse these actions. Some of you seem to feel that the Constitution is somehow valid only in times of peace but not during war time. That is not what the Founders intended

  Tom Lennox : With your indulgence Sir, George Washington's enemies wore bright red coats and marched in a straight line: the Founders could have never conceived a stateless enemy hiding among us that targets not only our soldiers but our civilization

  President Wayne Palmer : Your plan would only "hinder" the efforts of law enforcement to stop Fayed

  Tom Lennox : How does my plan "hinder" law enforcement Sir?

  President Wayne Palmer : By marginalizing and thereby radicalizing the very people's help they need to enlist. The American Muslim community is our best line of defense against these terrorists. We as Americans need to demonstrate that we are governed by the rule of law and never by the politics of fear

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Mr. President?

  President Wayne Palmer : Yes?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Before you make any unilateral decisions, maybe you should hear other people's thoughts?

  President Wayne Palmer : I'm sorry, the discussion on this matter is over