24 (TV Series)

Day 7: 9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. (2009)

Cherry Jones: President Allison Taylor

Quotes 

• Olivia Taylor : [while in the Oval Office]  I have a thought about the speech if you'd like to hear it?

  President Allison Taylor : Of course

  Olivia Taylor : Right now your main focus is "reassurance", the attacks are behind us: everything is going back to normal but I think you're missing an "opportunity" here?

  President Allison Taylor : To do what?

  Olivia Taylor : Claim "victory", to say standing up to Juma's tyranny works and your decision to send troops into Sangala was the right one

  President Allison Taylor : I'm not sure this is the "appropriate" time to sound triumphant. A lot of lives were lost today

  Olivia Taylor : And by addressing those deaths, you give them "meaning." Those people are heroes who died in a war worth fighting

  President Allison Taylor : [after thinking about it]  let's work "it" in

• Ethan Kanin : [after entering the Oval Office]  madam President, I have some "troubling" news: am I speak to you alone?

  President Allison Taylor : You may speak "freely" in front of Olivia

  Ethan Kanin : Just after the attack on the White House, Jack Bauer came forward with a disturbing "claim." He said there were people still at large who were involved in the conspiracy: persons unknown who had helped Juma plan and execute the attacks

  President Allison Taylor : Did Bauer have any evidence of this?

  Ethan Kanin : Nothing "concrete", but he "promoted" the notion that Ryan Burnett was our best chance to identify these people and Bauer asked to be "allowed" to question him. This was supposed to be a "controlled situation." A "ploy" to intimidate Burnett into giving up intel. So I granted Bauer's request. It was a terrible mistake

  President Allison Taylor : [Sternly]  what happened Ethan?

  Ethan Kanin : Burnett is dead

  President Allison Taylor : My God

  Ethan Kanin : The evidence "suggests" he was killed by Bauer

  President Allison Taylor : I don't believe it

  Ethan Kanin : His "claim" of another "party" being "involved" in the attacks appeared to have been a "fabrication"

  President Allison Taylor : A "fabrication"?

  Ethan Kanin : It may have something to do with Bill Buchanan's death: no one knows but madam President, I take full responsibility. I was trying to "insulate" you to provide you with deniability in case anything went wrong

  Olivia Taylor : Or was it because you thought the President would say no?

  President Allison Taylor : [Implying to her not to start an argument with Ethan]  Olivia...

  President Allison Taylor : [to Ethan]  where's Bauer now?

  Ethan Kanin : At large. The FBI is devoting its full resources to the manhunt

  President Allison Taylor : Let me know the minute they find him

  Ethan Kanin : Yes ma'am. Madam President... I'm sorry

• President Allison Taylor : [during a press conference]  my fellow Americans, John Adams, the first President to take up residence inside the White House, once prayed for heaven to bestow it's blessings on this place. Tonight, those blessings have seen us through a brutal attack by a desperate tyrant: we have lost friends and loved ones here but we have prevailed. I have commanded law enforcement agencies, emergency services, and first responders to keep their guard up. Make no mistake, today's attacks intended to crush our resolve, America is not so easily broken. Our military actions in Sangala has been a success, at this hour, our forces have taken control of Sangala city: we have won

• Olivia Taylor : [to her mother after entering the Oval Office]  you wanted to see me?

  President Allison Taylor : [while Ethan stands next to her]  yes, Ethan's just come to me with "something" very disturbing

  Olivia Taylor : I assume it's regarding the press and Jack Bauer?

  President Allison Taylor : Ethan seems to think you had "something" to do with it?

  Olivia Taylor : I didn't, I already told him that

  President Allison Taylor : Well, given the past experience between the two of you: his not "convinced"

  Olivia Taylor : And what do you think?

  President Allison Taylor : I think... I have to hear what you have to say

  Ethan Kanin : There's nothing she can say madam President, she was one of the few people who "knew" all the details

  Olivia Taylor : [to Ethan]  it was more people knew than you think, I just got off the phone with the White House segment producer at CMB, he won't give me the source's name but his willing to confirm the leak came from someone inside the Federal Marshall's Office: who guarantee it didn't come from the White House or from me

  Ethan Kanin : This is verifiable?

  Olivia Taylor : The producer's name is Charlie Isaacson. Here's his number. You can call himself if you'd like?

  Olivia Taylor : [to her mother after Ethan doesn't take the piece of paper]  I offered Isaacson some exclusive time with you if he "killed" the story and he agreed. So as long as we get Bauer in custody, we should be able to keep the fallout "contained"

  President Allison Taylor : Ethan, I think under the circumstances, you were mistaken, I'm "satisfied", are you?

  Ethan Kanin : Yes madam President, I'm sorry Olivia, if I "misjudged" the "situation" and "you"

  President Allison Taylor : I want to know if the FBI is any closer in finding Bauer

  Ethan Kanin : Yes ma'am

  President Allison Taylor : [to Ethan before he leaves]  that's all

  President Allison Taylor : I'm sorry, I put you "on the spot" like that

  Olivia Taylor : I understand, Ethan didn't give me much of a choice. I just hope they find Bauer before this gets any worse