The West Wing (TV Series)
In This White House (2000)
John Spencer: Leo McGarry
Quotes
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Leo McGarry : You have an interesting conversational style, do you know that?
Ainsley Hayes : It's a nervous condition.
Leo McGarry : I used to have a nervous condition.
Ainsley Hayes : How did yours manifest itself?
Leo McGarry : I drank a lot of scotch.
Ainsley Hayes : I get sick when I drink too much.
Leo McGarry : I get drunk when I drink too much.
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President Josiah Bartlet : Leo, hard as you might try, the Republican party isn't going anywhere.
Leo McGarry : We don't know that for sure, sir. They could all end up moving to Vancouver.
President Josiah Bartlet : I don't think so.
Leo McGarry : Me neither, but being in power means everybody else can take a seat for four years.
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Ainsley Hayes : I'll ask again: for what purpose was I brought here today?
Leo McGarry : So I could offer you a job.
Ainsley Hayes : I'm asking because I do not think that it is fair that I be expected to play the role of the mouse to the White House's cat in the game of... you know the game?
Leo McGarry : Cat and mouse?
Ainsley Hayes : Yes. And it's not like I'm not, you know. The fact that I may not look like some of the other Republicans who have crossed your path does not mean that I'm any less inclined toward...
Leo McGarry : Here it comes.
Ainsley Hayes : Did you say offer me a job?
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[about Ainsley Hayes]
President Josiah Bartlet : We should hire her.
Leo McGarry : That'd be funny.
President Josiah Bartlet : No, I mean it.
Leo McGarry : Mean what?
President Josiah Bartlet : We should hire her.
Leo McGarry : Well, you mean as a joke on Sam?
President Josiah Bartlet : No, not as a joke, I mean we should hire her as a reality. We should hire her.
Leo McGarry : She's a Republican.
President Josiah Bartlet : So are half of the people in this country.
Leo McGarry : Well, that half lost.
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Leo McGarry : The President likes smart people who disagree with him. He wants to hear from you. The President's asking you to serve... and everything else is crap.
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President Josiah Bartlet : Hey, did you see Sam get pureed last night on Capital Beat?
Leo McGarry : I didn't see it, but I have heard tell.
President Josiah Bartlet : He got diced and sliced by a woman named Ainsley Hayes.
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Leo McGarry : Ainsley.
Ainsley Hayes : Yes, sir?
Leo McGarry : Don't you want to work in the White House?
Ainsley Hayes : Oh, only since I was two.
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Leo McGarry : [Leo is trying to convince Ainsley Hayes to work for President Bartlet, who has requested that she be hired, but she is reluctant] The President likes smart people who disagree with him. He wants to hear from you.
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Ainsley Hayes : [about Margaret] She seems like a very good secretary.
Leo McGarry : Well, she'll be happy to hear that. She's standing right outside the door.
Margaret Hooper : [Leo hits the closed door] Ow.
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Leo McGarry : Yeah, Ainsley, even if you hadn't already told me all of this - you know, many, many times - I would know it anyway, 'cause I have this FBI file.
Ainsley Hayes : You have my FBI file?
Leo McGarry : Yes.
Ainsley Hayes : I can't believe that! You have my FBI file?
Leo McGarry : Yes.
Ainsley Hayes : I *have* an FBI file?
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Ainsley Hayes : I find this administration smug and patronizing, and under the impression that those who disagree with them are less than they are, and with colder hearts.
Leo McGarry : I don't think that's true.
Ainsley Hayes : How many people on your staff assumed that I was ambitious, mean, and stupid?
Leo McGarry : None... C.J. Cregg thinks you kill your pets. You don't do that, do you?
Ainsley Hayes : No, I don't kill my pets. I don't have any pets. I was thinking about getting a pet, but - that doesn't matter. The point is...
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Ainsley Hayes : Did you say "offer me a job"?
Leo McGarry : Yes. Associate White House counsel. You'd report to the deputy White House counsel who reports to the White House counsel who reports to me.
Ainsley Hayes : I'm sorry... a job in this White House?
Leo McGarry : You want a glass of scotch?
Ainsley Hayes : Yes, please.
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Ainsley Hayes : Yes, sir. I've been thinking about that ever since your office called me on Tuesday, and I have something to say on my own behalf, if you'll permit me a moment to say it, and I understand if you won't, but I would really appreciate it if you did.
Leo McGarry : I... didn't really follow that, but whatever.
Ainsley Hayes : I think that it is wrong for a man in your position to summon someone to the White House to reprimand them for voicing opposition. I think that that is wrong, and it is inappropriate. It's inappropriate, and I'll tell you what else.
Leo McGarry : It's wrong?
Ainsley Hayes : Yes.