[about Lord John Marbury] Are you threatened by his brilliance?
Neither Leo nor I are threatened by his brains, his looks or his charm. He is, however, a lunatic Brit and we're grateful there's an ocean between us.
“The Drop-In” · Season 2
In this episode: Leo McGarry (3), Josiah Bartlet (2), Josh Lyman (2), Lord John Marbury (2), Donna Moss (1), Mrs. Landingham (1), Margaret Hooper (1)
Your assistant, Margaret, is looking positively buxom.
[awkwardly] Thank you. I'll tell her.
[from outer office] Thank you!
Oh, yes! Well done!
In my day we knew how to protect ourselves.
Well, in your day you could pretty much turn back the Indians with a Daniel Boone musket, couldn't you?
Ah, sarcasm, the grumpy man's wit.
Go sharpen a pencil, would you?
Why don't we just give the $60 billion to North Korea in exchange for not bombing us?
It's almost hard to believe that you're not on the National Security Council.
I know, I feel like they're missing an important voice.
Where are you on the missile shield?
Well, I think it's dangerous, illegal...fiscally irresponsible, technologically unsound, and a threat to all people everywhere.
BBartlett
Leo?
I think the world invented a nuclear weapon. I think the world owes it to itself to see if it can't invent something to make it irrelevant.
Well that's the right sentiment, certainly a credible one from a man who's fought in a war. You think you can make it stop? Well, you can't. We build a shield and somebody will build a better missile.
Well, it's a discussion for serious men. They say a statesman is a politician who's been dead for fifteen years. I'd like us to be statesmen while we're still alive.
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