First Signal (2021)

Paul Noonan: General John Reager

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• General John Reager : We're no longer in the world of science fiction but fact. And the fact remains Madam President that a satellite of extraterrestrial origin was discovered at LG2 with communication and propulsion technologies that do not exist on Earth.

• Cedric Yonah : What are you afraid of General?

  General John Reager : It's not about being afraid it's about knowing who they are and what they want.

• Cedric Yonah : Your Xenophobia General is painfully apparent. What does Reager stand for? Something Germanic isn't it. How fitting someone with a Germanic name talks about identifying people. How fitting such a person commands a military apparatus...

  General John Reager : How dare you compare me to...

  Cedric Yonah : I'm not comparing you to anyone except yourself.

• General John Reager : I live in the here and now. Not last week or seven centuries ago. And while history may have lessons to learn from, I have no interest in writing its last chapter. But I'll be goddamned if something else is going to write it for us!

• General John Reager : It's our job to protect this country from enemies both foreign and domestic. And if this doesn't qualify as foreign then you can have all my stars because that's exactly where they're from!

• General John Reager : Do you think it's a good idea for the public to know about this? Do you? They can barely handle bad weather.