"Are you still worried about dignity?" Roosevelt scoffed. "Leo, look around you."
"Your allies are going bankrupt, your plans are collapsing. If you're still clinging to so-called dignity at a time like this, then you're not just a failure, you're a butcher."
"Are you going to drag hundreds of thousands of people to their graves just to save face?"
"This isn't about saving face!"
"It's about principle! It's my bottom line! If I kneel today, I'll never be able to stand up again! She'll devour me, bit by bit, until I become nothing more than a rubber-stamp puppet!"
"Then be a puppet."
Roosevelt's voice turned severe.
"Listen, kid. Politics isn't a fairy tale. You don't get to be the hero every time."
"Sometimes, you have to learn how to be a dog."
"Only those who survive have the right to talk about the future. Only those still at the table have a chance to turn things around."
