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The West Wing · Season 5

“Memorial Day” quotes from The West Wing

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“Memorial Day” · Season 5

In this episode: Josiah Bartlet (2), Leo McGarry (2), Josh Lyman (1), Toby Ziegler (1), C.J. Cregg (1)

Listen, we need to make a call on Camden Yards.

Huh?

It's Memorial Day. He's gonna toss out the first pitch at Camden Yards.

Cancel it. Eh, can't cancel it; sends the wrong message. Ask for a moment of silence. And Toby, he's gotta, you need to take him out with gloves and a ball.

It's a six foot toss from the stands. It's Little League.

FDR threw from the stands; beaned one of his photographers in '37, extended the Depression by four years.

Damn it, Shira, if I'm going to find the people behind this, I need access to the bomb site, access to the evidence and the cooperation of the Palestinian Authority, three things I cannot get if you keep firing missiles into Gaza!

RReporter

The cuts aren't reflective of the President's attitude on military response in Gaza?

The cuts are reflective of the fact that Toby Ziegler has never written a five-minute speech in his life.

You know, on May 13th, the day before Israeli Independence Day, the TV stations in Israel screen the names of every soldier who's fallen for the country. A name flashes on the screen for a second or two, then the next name appears, you go to bed, you get up, the names are still flashing. That's how they observe Memorial Day.

The country wants action. Bringing Farat back to the table--

I'm not saying it's Camembert and wine, I'm saying it's what we got! Tell Hutchison to find a way to get Nassan without taking out a city block, I'll launch the damn missile myself!

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