- President D. Wire Newman: You start saddling up camels in every country in the Middle East then you better be prepared to spend the next 50 years sifting through sand because this isn't a quick run on the beach, Jed. This is the new world order.
- President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet: When we were elected, I really thought we were going to own the place, do it differently, better. Now I realize the men on this plane are the only others who have been there before, who really know.
- Prince Bitar: Mr. President, when these schoolboys protest, when they truly wish to denounce us, you know what they say?
- [pause]
- Prince Bitar: They call us Americans.