It's our history. For better or worse, it's our history, and we're not going to lock it in a basement or brush it with a new coat of paint." [1.7]
"I don't care if Canada invaded Michigan, Jed, you call me." [1.12]
"Don't go for the geniuses; they never want to sleep." [1.12]
"You don't staff me out. You don't give CJ signals, and you don't send Sam, and you don't bring Danny up here. Don't handle me, Jed." [1.17]
"When all this is over, tell the press, don't tell the press -- it's entirely up to you." [2.1]
"When it comes to historical figures being memorialized in this country, women have been largely overlooked. Nellie Bly is just the tip of the iceberg." [2.5]
"I don't want to be pissed at anyone, but thanks for asking, and I don't need to be told who the architect of tonight's speech was." [2.13]
"You kicked off your reelection campaign and I'm sitting here eating a sandwich 'cause we had a deal." [2.13]
"Oh, if wishing made it so, Jed." [2.14]
"Let me tell you something, jackass, get as chippy as you want if that makes you feel better. I am your wife, I love you, you have a crisis, you have to deal with it. When it's done, we'll talk." [2.14]
"It was all over the news. This crazy man got up in front of millions of people and totally screwed his wife." [3.1]
"CJ, unnamed sources make me crazy. Just one time, I'd like to see, instead of 'according to unnamed sources,' I'd like to see 'according to tweaky little, ill-informed, chicken-ass, wannabe--Don't ever come to me again with unnamed sources, CJ. You don't get any cider." [3.2]
"You could not have been an astronaut… You're afraid of heights, speed, fire, and small places." [3.2]
"I haven't really made up my mind yet, but at the moment I'm leaning towards voting for you." [3.2]
Jed: "She's skipping over the part that says, 'Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the Church.'"
Abbey: "I do skip over that part."
Jed: "Why?"
Abbey: "Because it's stupid." [3.5]
"Sometimes I don't want to go 15 rounds on Bess Truman and what constitutes a farm." [3.7]
"That's funny! The other 23 jokes weren't funny -- well, it's not that they weren't funny, it's just they weren't ha-ha funny, you know, but 12 years of medical school, my life, my work, my future, everything up there on the X-ray board? That's comedy!" [3.15]
"You of all people should... I mean, women talk about their husbands overshadowing their careers. Mine got eaten." [3.15]
"We'll do mushy later. So for now, I've got to say I love you so much that my head's gonna fly off. But more importantly, game on, boyfriend. Let's go." [4.6]
"Am I dreaming, or are you talking to me about foreign policy? You're not worried the sky's gonna fall down?" [4.9]
"Doctors aren't instruments of the state, and they're not allowed to choose patients on spec." [4.9]
"So we're for freedom of speech everywhere but poor countries, where they can have our help but only if they live up to Clancy Bangert's moral standards? What the hell kind of free world are you running?" [4.18]
"What right do we have to restrict anything anyone says anywhere, much less what a doctor says to a woman who needs a doctor?" [4.18]
"I like how you think patronizing me is going to make me feel better. It's sweet." [4.18]
"I'm going to make a direct appeal. I don't know why I waited this long. I've seen other mothers--" [4.23]
"I swear to God, Leo, don't -- 72 hours. The bruises aren't even... Do you see her face? For God's sake, don't ask me to trust you." [5.2]
"A bit desperate, Jed, shutting down the government just to get me back here." [5.8]