Quotes from The Indians in the Lobby

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Bartlet: Farms have things you can grow and animals.
C.J.: Right.
Bartlet: I want you to learn more about farms.
C.J.: There's more?
Bartlet: Yeah.
C.J.: Okay.

Bartlet: You know that line you're not supposed to cross with the president?
C.J.: I'm coming up on it?
Bartlet: Oh, no. Look behind you.
C.J.: Yes, sir.
Bartlet: Would you like to leave?
C.J.: With your permission, sir.
Bartlet: Damn right, with my permission.

C.J.: This is going to have something to do with us screwing you out of all your land, isn't it?
Maggie: Yes.
C.J.: See, I was done.

Sam: Four million people became poor on the president's watch?
Toby: They didn't become poor, they were poor already. Now we're calling them poor.

Toby: You want more poor people or fewer poor people?
Bartlet: Fewer poor people.
Toby: You got it.

Bartlet: I thought he did something stupid and inconsiderate last week but it turns out I was just in a bad mood.
Leo: You gave Renee a firm talking to.
Bartlet: Yes, and while he didn't deserve it he will someday soon.

Josh: This kid shoots his teacher in the head and gets life in Venice, we're all gonna look like idiots.

Abbey: You speak four languages! How come none of them is French?
Bartlet: Nothing's wrong with my French.
Abbey: You just called me your little cheese.

C.J.: How do you keep fighting these smaller injustices when they're all from the mother of injustices?
Maggie: What's the alternative?

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