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Leo: Treasury and Commerce are coming at 1:00 to discuss whether we should close the markets tomorrow.
Steve: That's not a bad idea.
Toby: We close them, the terrorists win.
Steve: The last thing people need to see this morning is the Dow down 600 and the dollar tanking.
Democrat: Truman wanted the Speaker third in line because he used to drink bourbon with Sam Rayburn.
Leo: The only thing I find extraordinary about that is that a member of the Executive Branch actually wanted to share a drink with the Congressional Leadership.
Walken: You know, I'm not the enemy. The things that unite us are far greater than the things that divide us. We both believe in democracy, preservation of American values, protection of our citizens in a sometimes hostile world.
CJ: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, Mr. President?
Walken: Exactly.
Margaret: The Secretary of State called.
Leo: I'll bet he did.
Margaret: He's getting some pretty irate calls on the Shareef thing.
Bartlet: All the things we wanted to do, Leo. All the things we believed in and wanted to fight for.
Leo: Sir...
Bartlet: He's going to bomb, isn't he?
Leo: Yes, sir. He is.
Dogs of War
Josh: You want coffee? [Amy holds out coffee] You brought coffee.
Amy: It's been a while, but I don't remember fatigue improving...
Josh: You hungry? You wanna go down to the Mess to get... [Amy holds out bagels] ...a couple bagels? You got a shower and a freshly ironed shirt in there? [Looks at coffee] Black?
Amy: That soy chai or whatever thing you drink is affecting your already addled brain.
Jefferson Lives
Leo: On the other thing...
CJ: I'm fine.
Leo: Toby thought you were a little...
CJ: I'm not.
Leo: Berardi's resignation letter was persuasive...
CJ: It was, but I'm not.
Abbey: Amy, you're going to have to handle things for me a little while longer.
Amy: I know. Do you want me...
Abbey: I trust you. That's why I hired you.
Charlie: She puts up a good front.
Bartlet: Name one thing...one thing my little girl's afraid of.
Josh: We don't have a Vice President! Get it? It's our first thing, and I can't get it done. I can't get Berryhill confirmed. The one guy the President wants and I can't get it done. So could you just...be quiet for one moment?
Bartlet: There's only one thing you have to do for me. Give yourself time. Don't try to rush this.
Zoey: There was an arm...grabbing me. When I start to fall asleep, it comes back.
Bartlet: We're going to help you. We're all going to help.
Russell: Let me go on the record. If you were to offer the job. I would be honored.
Bartlet: Thank you.
Russell: But I would need a couple things.
Bartlet: Oh?
Russell: I wasn't close enough to say for sure about your relationship with John Hoynes, but as your Vice President I would want more access.
Bartlet: Uh-huh.
Russell: Direct access.
Han
Bartlet: This draft of the Rose Garden thing, it needs more altitude.
Toby: So, I'm going to start doing other things.
Leo: What other things?
Toby: We're drifting...we need to refocus, get back on message.
Larry: Signs indicate we could be headed toward...bagel.
Josh: Sir, Larry doesn't need a vacation. That's the word we've agreed to use in-house to avoid using the R-word.
Some guy attending the meeting: Recession?
Bartlet: What I need is your recommendation for keeping us out of...I really don't have to call it that, do I?
Leo: Of course not.
Bartlet: For keeping us out of a...thing.
Some guy: The Fed does its thing, a reduction of 25 basis points stops the bleeding.
Some other guy: You can't just leave this to the Fed, it'll look like we're asleep at the switch.
Official in meeting regarding the piano player's defection: It's the most unpredictable regime in the world. Walking out on the negotiations could be the least thing they'd do.
Josh: We have a meeting.
Ryan: Outstanding.
Josh: Okay, you can't say things like "outstanding" during it.
Toby: Distinguished...
Will: Wanna use "surpassing" again?
Toby: Eminent...illustrious...the problem being, he's none of those things.
Constituency of One
Josh: Look, Donna, no gifts, no parties. Just another day, okay?
Donna: Coffee and...?
Josh: Yeah, with a...thing.
Amy: Due respect, sir, that's what she'd want.
Bartlet: She has to be here to want things. And you don't have to be here at all.
Disaster Relief
Disaster Victim: What kind of a god would do such a terrible thing? We go to church every Sunday, we try to do the right thing. What kind of plan could this possibly be?
Separation of Powers
CJ: First off, I wouldn't characterize this as a crisis or a breakdown. While we're at it, here are some other things it's not: a showdown, a stalemate, a stand-off, or a textbook example of partisan gridlock.
Josh: Donna? Do we have any of those pills left from that Naval doctor?
Donna: Admiral Feelgood?
Josh: The cold and sinus stuff?
Donna: The ones that made you sing all of "Bye Bye Miss American Pie"?
Josh: It was Harry Chapin. Those big blue things.
Donna: Bartram from the Times called.
Josh: About what?
Donna: Budget stalemate.
Josh: I don't know anything.
Donna: That's what I told him. [pause] I mean, not exactly. I said you're busy with, you know, things, and can't do press calls.
Toby: It's time to get Ashland off the bench, Leo.
Will: There's this thing called the Constitution. It's a nagging little document, I'll grant you, but...
Angela: We can still get tax-deductible tuition. We can get a lot of things. You got to get them to give it, that's all.
Joe Quincy: Every year he likes to hire a conservative clerk to argue with, and arguing with him helped me clarify the things I believe in. And one of those things is an independent court above party or interest.
Joe Quincy: Maybe we could all do it better. But there is such a thing called judicial independence. A lifetime appointment. He's still alive, so he gets to decide when it's time!
Margaret: The...President's Osaka remarks on opening Japan's microchip market and complaining about autos and flat glass.
Josh: Flat glass...excellent!
Margaret: [confused stare]
Josh: It's a new thing I'm doing. Kind of positive attitude thing.
Shutdown
Leo: This thing's going to be won and lost by how it's played on TV.
CJ: They're blaming us.
Vice-President: You got a minute, Leo?
Leo: Of course, Mr. Vice-President. Please. [To CJ] I'll see you at the thing.
Abu el Banat
Debbie: Any word from Ellie?
Charlie: She's running an experiment on viral load reproduction and she hopes to wrap it up in time for the thing tonight.
Will: You know how this thing polls? 48% of Americans consider it a right. 46% of Americans consider it morally reprehensible. It is the definition of a lose-lose issue.
Josh: He's resilient. Which isn't such a bad thing in a candidate.
Leo: He's gonna show up at dinner popping champagne corks and the President's going to be stuck delivering the news in front of the guy's wife and mother-in-law. You have to go back and tell him no.
Doug: [holds up son's baseball glove] Here we go. Is that the greatest thing you ever saw? Can't even get my thumb in there.
Doug: It's a nepotism thing, isn't it?
Josh: That could be part of it.
Bartlet: "The speaker can convince most people of most things and himself of almost anything." Doug came up with that?
Elizabeth: You couldn't give him the courtesy of five minutes? It's one thing to delegate my car loan or Ellie's MCATs to your staff, but my husband?
The Warfare of Genghis Khan
Charlie: Mr. President?
Bartlet: I know, I've got to get dressed for the HHS thing.
The Supremes
Toby: Wisnewski's a good maybe. The Majority Leader's really pushing him. And Barkham from the Fifth, though he has a question...
Josh: It's a tax thing. We're looking into it.