[about the treatment of women in Saudi Arabia] Outraged? I'm barely surprised. This is a country where women aren't allowed to drive a car. They're not allowed to be in the company of any man other than a close relative. They're required to adhere to a dress code that would make a Maryknoll nun look like Malibu Barbie. They beheaded a hundred and twenty-one people last year for robbery, rape, and drug trafficking. They have no free press, no elected government, no political parties. And the Royal Family allows the Religious Police to travel in groups of six carrying nightsticks and they freely and publicly beat women. But 'Brutus is an honorable man.' Seventeen schoolgirls were forced to burn alive because they weren't wearing the proper clothing. Am I outraged? No, Steve; no, Mark; no, Chris: that is Saudi Arabia, our partners in peace.
“Enemies Foreign and Domestic” · Season 3
In this episode: Sam Seaborn (4), Josiah Bartlet (2), C.J. Cregg (2), Fitzwallace (2)
It is freezing to cold in Reykjavik. It is freezing to cold in Helsinki. It is freezing to cold in Gstaad. Why must every American President bound out of an automobile like as at a yacht club, while in com...
Comparison.
Comparison, our leader looks like... I don't even know what word is.
Frumpy?
I don't know what "frumpy" is, but onomatopoetically, sounds right.
...
It's hard not to like a guy who doesn't know 'frumpy,' but knows 'onomatopoeia.'
Mr. President.
Fitz! Fitz, you old polecat, you old so-and-so.
Trying to be "one of the fellas," sir?
Yeah.
Well, well done, sir.
[on the President] Any trip over eight hours, he tends to fire somebody at the end of it, and the last three times it's been me...
Wait a second, hang on. You're telling me that foreign policy of this magnitude is conducted through Sam, and I'm still alive?
We're pretty impressed ourselves, Mr. Chairman.
[negotiating a meeting with the Russian president] It's a coincidence that you should happen to mention the time of the meeting. See, President Chigorin only has to fly through one time zone. President Bartlet has to fly through seven. Don't get me wrong, this President can do three shows a night, but there's no one in the Western Hemisphere who has a worse reaction to jetlag than he does. Any trip 8 hours or longer and someone gets fired at the end of it, and it's already been me three times, so...
We'll pass it on.
I think everyone on the White House staff would agree when I say that one is a deal-breaker.
[walking into the Oval Office] Good morning, Mr. President.
You're gonna get Secret Service protection, but I can't order it unless you sign this piece of paper, so sign this piece of paper.
C.J. Sir, can I ask why you feel it's necessary...
Because Ron says it is, and around here we do whatever Ron says.
Well, I think it might be an over-reaction.
Good for you. With all your years of training and experience in sniffing out crime, your opinion really carries a lot of weight with me.
I don't want to appear fragile.
Are you kidding?
Sir...
We're talking about one bodyguard. I have twelve, and that's before I leave the house. You ever count the number of guns that come along with me when Abbey and I take in a play at the Kennedy Center? Do I seem fragile to you?
No, sir.
Then...
You're also not a woman in a man's job. To say nothing of the fact that you're required by law to be protected by the Treasury Department. You don't have a choice. And frankly, sir, you and I both know that you score points frequently with the public and with the press by shrugging off your Secret Service and doing whatever... going to a book store.
I don't care.
Sir...
I don't care! You're part of my family, and this thing is happening and I simply won't permit it. Sign the piece of paper.
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