REPORTER: Shortly after Governor Wallace had carried out his promise to block the doorway, President Kennedy ordered the Secretary of Defense then to use military force. Here, by videotape, is the encounter by General Graham, commander of the National Guard, and Governor Wallace. ...because these National Guardsmen are here today as federal soldiers for Alabamans. They live within our borders, they are all our brothers. We are winning in this fight, because we are awakening the American people to the dangers that we have spoken about so many times, just so evident today, the trend towards military dictatorship in this country.

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Forrest Gump (1994)

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REPORTER: Shortly after Governor Wallace had carried out his promise to block the doorway, President Kennedy ordered the Secretary of Defense then to use military force. Here, by videotape, is the encounter by General Graham, commander of the National Guard, and Governor Wallace. ...because these National Guardsmen are here today as federal soldiers for Alabamans. They live within our borders, they are all our brothers. We are winning in this fight, because we are awakening the American people to the dangers that we have spoken about so many times, just so evident today, the trend towards military dictatorship in this country.