- Donna Moss: Schadenfreude?
- Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg: You know, enjoying the suffering of others. The whole rationale behind the House of Representatives.
- Leo McGarry: I've got a cap gains tax cut tacked on to an appropriations bill, two Bronze Age civilizations threatening to blow each other up over some goats and a major ally that's gonna to be in the lobby leafing through dog-eared copies of Congressional Quarterly while the President is singing "Kumbaya"! I want the President back here now, C.J! This was your idea, fix it!
- Leo McGarry: Nobody's happy you lost Carrick, but we're all about moving forward, and we can't do that without you. I do, however, have to take you out to the woodshed and whack you with a 2x4.
- Josh Lyman: Carrick was never really a Democrat. Word is he was working the Republicans...
- [Leo leans back in his chair in disinterest]
- Josh Lyman: I'm sorry. Whack away.
- Leo McGarry: [sitting up straight] Maybe the camel's back was already broken, but you gave him the straw. And then you drove over him with a tank.
- Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg: You're the President of the United States. My President. I'm frightened. We're all frightened. This is - The world is too dangerous now, unpredictable. I need you back. I need you to lead.