The Last Days of Lehman Brothers (TV Movie 2009) - James Cromwell as Henry 'Hank' Paulson

Henry 'Hank' Paulson : There is no public money for a bailout of Lehman Brothers. If we can't figure out a way to keep them standing, thery're going to be bankrupt when trading opens in Japan on Monday.
Henry 'Hank' Paulson : The west is fucked. We fucked it up. Oh, not just you and me. All of us. The west, it's done. It's over. You want to call it a game? This is the game. You want your great-grandchildren speaking Chinese? The dollar is going to go. We had Rome, then Europe then this. Us. This thing with cars and stereos and hula-hoops. And we screwed it all up. We ran through it all. This stuff. And we've come out on the other side where it's... I dunno. Where is this place? Oh yeah. We have this one weekend where maybe we can come up with something to hold it all together a little while longer.
Henry 'Hank' Paulson : I know all the arguments against this! I've been on the phone with Dick for six months, trying to get him to sell, but the price was never high enough for him! He thought he had all the time in the world. Well, he didn't. He thought he was playing with the casino's money. Well, he wasn't. That's enough, now. Got to clean up this mess. Somebody had to fail. Lehman Brothers has failed.
Timothy 'Tim' Geithner : Even if the money were accessible there would be no political will...

Jamie Dimon : Political will? Was there political will to bail out Fannie and Freddie?

Henry 'Hank' Paulson : Things were different then

Jamie Dimon : That was five days ago!

James Cromwell: Henry 'Hank' Paulson