All I have in this situation is influence. Influence and relationships. If you take that away from me, I am powerless!
“The Wake Up Call” · Season 6
In this episode: Josiah Bartlet (3), Toby Ziegler (2), C.J. Cregg (1), Leo McGarry (1)
What? Prime Minister Graty thinks you are an intellectual snob. A Yankee Doodle windbag. Likely as not you would have made things worse.
If an American dies and there is even the slightest suspicion of international intrigue, she's supposed to wake me.
Since when? If I had used that rule, you'd be dead by now of sleep deprivation.
[about the President's valentine date] You're taking her to the opera?
Verdi's Othello, romantic eh?
Isn't that the one where the guy kills his wife?
It's in Italian, I'm hoping she won't notice.
You're not planning on writing a constitution this week?
LLessig
The document is just a beginning. A constitutional democracy succeeds only if the constitution reflects democratic values alive in the citizenry. Which is why our most important job is to instill those values in their leaders through discussion and debate.
I don't think a strong executive is such a good idea... Half the faculty at Yale Law describes the American Presidential system as one of this country's most dangerous exports... It is a recipe for constitutional breakdown!
LLessig
Well, I can see this is going to be a vibrant discussion.
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