Quotes from Inauguration, Part 1

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Leo: He's the Commander in Chief. He's gonna reserve the right to, y'know, command.

C.J.: You mock me?
Bartlet: I do. May I continue to?
C.J.: Yes, sir.

Will: Isn't he gonna be insulted that he's meeting with someone he's never heard of that isn't a White House staffer?
Toby: I would really think so.

Bartlet: I can't remember your name, but are you asking me out on a date?

Donna: Thirteen buttons on the trousers.
Josh: I don't want to know how you know that.

Toby: I throw a rubber ball against the window, that means you come to me.
Will: Really?
Toby: As my frustration grows, so does the velocity of the ball against the window.

Josh: I'm wondering whether the nuclear regulatory commission really needs $100,000 for a morale improvment program... it's gotta be pretty critical lap dance.

Toby: This language proposes a new doctrine for the use of force. That we use force whenever we see an injustice that we want to correct. Like Mother Teresa with first strike capabilities.
Will: Damn right!

Bartlet: The First Lady has to hold this in her hand. This one's gonna take the First Lady, the Chief Justice and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

C.J.: Remember when you asked me what exactly I'd do to have you?
Danny: Yeah.
C.J.: I'd do that.

Josh: Navy dress uniform has thirteen buttons on the pants. I mean, tradition's tradition, but I'd be concerned about the level of bladder discipline that requires. Wouldn't you?
Charlie: What?
Josh: Nothing.

Bartlet: I'm just as a big a cotton candy ass as they are.
Josh: Yes, sir.
Bartlet: You just gonna let that hang in the air?
Josh: Of course not, sir. You're a much bigger cotton candy ass than they are.

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