The West Wing (TV Series)
Privateers (2003)
Stockard Channing: Abbey Bartlet
Quotes
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President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : German thinker Max Weber said that politics is the "slow boring of hard boards and that anyone who seeks to do it must risk his own soul". You know what that means?
Abbey Bartlet : I like how you think that patronizing me is going to make me feel better. It's sweet.
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : It means that change comes in excruciating increments for those who want it. You're trying to move mountains. It takes lifetimes. But Zoey Bartlet is the newest Daughter of the American Revolution so I like our chances for the long run.
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Abbey Bartlet : So we're for freedom of speech everywhere but poor countries, where they can have our help, but only if they live up to Clancy Bangert's moral standards? What the hell kind of free world are you running?
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : I really don't know, Abbey. The day hasn't started yet.
