The West Wing (TV Series)

7A WF 83429 (2003)

Janel Moloney: Donna Moss

Quotes 

• Josh Lyman : I think we made a mistake.

  Donna Moss : What?

  Josh Lyman : Letting the President step aside.

  Will Bailey : Have you been watching CNN, MSNBC? Even FOX is treating it as a seminar on the resiliency of the Constitution.

  Josh Lyman : The President's daughter is probably tied up in the back of a gas station. We have no idea how this is playing.

  Will Bailey : He showed he's a leader, nobly embracing his own flawed humanity.

  Josh Lyman : Lincoln and Kennedy had children who died. They didn't take a sabbatical.

  Toby Ziegler : Who's been calling?

  Josh Lyman : Congressional leadership.

  Toby Ziegler : Lincoln never got a ransom note from Jefferson Davis. He's putting country before family. I'd carpet bomb Mecca to get my kids back.

  Josh Lyman : What if they like Walken better? What if he seems more presidential? What if they want Walken to stay?

  Will Bailey : In a few days, President Bartlet turns the second letter over to Congress.

  Josh Lyman : What if it doesn't take a few days? What if it takes a few weeks, a few months? What if she's never found?