National Treasure: Book of Secrets
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Ben Gates: Before the Civil War, the states were all separate. People used to say "the United States are..." It wasn't until the war ended that people started saying "the United States is..." Under Lincoln, we became one nation.

Riley: We've broken into Buckingham Palace, stolen a page from the President's super secret book, and actually kidnapped the president of the United States. What are we going to do next, shortsheet the Pope's bed?
Ben: Well, you never know.

Ben Gates: I'm gonna kidnap the president of the United States.

Patrick Gates: She fell in love with me on a treasure hunt!
Emily Appleton: That was not love. That was exitement, adrenaline, and tequila.

Mitch Wilkinson: We both know what has to happen here, Ben.
Ben Gates: One of us keeps the door open and stays behind.
Riley Poole: I vote Mitch!

Abigal Chase: This is totally...
Riley Poole: Crazy? Hm. Because last time I checked, we pretty much make our living on crazy.

Ben Gates: Someone else is after the treasure.
Riley Poole: Of course someone else is after it. It's the axiom of treasure hunting.

Riley: What's new with you?
Ben Gates: Well, my girlfriend kicked me out, I'm living with my dad, and my family killed President Lincoln.
Riley: All right.

Factual error: Ben, Abigail and Riley arrive at the Library of Congress to take the President's Book very late at night. However the Library of Congress, despite being shown as open, consistently closes at 5 PM.

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Trivia: The easter egg roll scene was filmed on Mount Vernon, with the White House added in the background.

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Question: Why was the playfair cipher on the missing page invisible? Thomas Gates wrote it in normal ink.

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Chosen answer: Thomas Gates didn't write it in normal ink. He wrote in pencil. The cipher wasn't written on that page, it was written on the facing page and minute bits "transferred" onto the page with the names.

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