I thought nurses were supposed to be angels of mercy?
Even mercy has a price.
S9 E20Foreign Affairs
[about a Croatian boy who needs surgery] After all the talk, we won't save this boy for only one reason: because we don't want to.
It's more complicated than that, Luka.
Yeah, you're right. There's also the money.
S9 E21When Night Meets Day
Do me a favor, write "Not this one, idiot" on my arm...
[looking at arm] You forgot "idiot"
I'll be there Robert...
Just the same... "Idiot".
[Elizabeth finishes writing]
2:16 PM. The end of the world!
Oh, great, I have to work. I'm always working when the world ends.
Congratulations, Greg. You survived the County experience.
Oh no, not just survived. I whooped its ass.
Hey! I haven't seen you in a week. That's it? Luka called me, looking for you, he was under the impression I might know where you were. You're going, right? To Africa?
It's not Rio, but it's not here.
S9 E22Kisangani
[in the Congo] In the beginning there's always a lot of talk of national pride and patriotic speeches, but after a few weeks it becomes this; nothing but death and sadness. These people just want what everyone else wants: their kids to have something to eat; to see them grow up, laughing, happy. They don't care where the border is or who gets to call themselves president. They just want this to stop.
I don't even begin to try to understand the politics here.
You are an American, Carter. You believe that if people are given a chance to convert to democracy, the world would be a better place.
What's the alternative? Military dictatorships?
You fight wars from the sky with bombs and missiles. Then your planes land back on the aircraft carrier and the pilots watch Drew Carey on satellite TV.
Hey, American soldiers died in Iraq.
Yeah, but your children don't starve to death while your men fight. Your women aren't raped. [long pause] I remember watching the television, reading the newspapers, saying that we had to fight and then my family was gone. I couldn't remember why it was all so important. What difference did it all make? My children were dead.
What should I tell Weaver?
Whatever you want.
Can I tell her you're coming back?
I don't know.
Don't do anything stupid.
[smiles] Like what?
Like get yourself killed.
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