Toby: The whole damn world's falling apart at the Equator. You know that, Bonnie?
Bonnie: This, of course, is my boss Toby Zeigler.
Toby: Why's the Test Ban Treaty so important? Let me tell ya. In 1974, India set off a peaceful nuclear explosion. Adira Ghandi herself said they had no intention of buiding a bomb, they just wanted to know that they could. Twenty years later, India sets off five nuclear explosions. Who gets nervous? Pakistan. When Pakistan gets nervous, everybody gets nervous. You know why? 'Cause we're all gonna die!

Josh: You walked right into it.
CJ: There was no other direction to walk.

Charlie: The guys a little crazy, Leo.
Leo: Nah, he's just... yeah, he's crazy. But he's our kind of crazy, so...
Charlie: Got it.
Leo: Good.
Charlie: The girl's not bad lookin'.
Leo: Go to work.
Charlie: You think she knows how to kill me?
Leo: Yes.

Bartlet: Charlie,Could I have a couple of aspirin or a weapon to kill people with?

Leo: (reading from Danny's editorial) 'The President's time isn't being used effectively.' 'Schedules are abandoned before lunch.' 'The West Wing resembles a high school yearbook office.' And I believe, I'm compared to a substitute teacher.

Sam: I can't unleash my full potential in a two page summary.

Leo: Can't you keep your people in line?
Josh: Well, there's been no evidence of it so far.

Donna: So, I'm being used. As a dupe. . . . How am I suppose to feel about that?
Josh: How do you usually feel about that?
Donna: My value here is that I have no value.
Josh: You have enormous value to me. You have no value to Eastern Europe.

Ainsley: I was just talking to you.
Sam: Well, we play with live ammo around here. You convinced me. I convinced Leo. Leo'll convince the President.
Ainsley: Is this how you guys decide to go to war?
Sam: I don't know. I'm usually not in the room when they decide to do that.

Bartlet: You know we forget sometimes, in all the talk about democracy, it's a Republic. People don't make the decisions, they choose the people who make the decisions. Could they do a better job choosing? Yeah. But when you consider the alternatives. . . . You want to come up for a cigar? . . . I'll beat your ass at chess.
Toby: You baiting me, Mr. President?
Bartlet: Yes.
Toby: Okay.

Danny: What are ya gonna do? Cancel your subscription?
CJ: Look...
Danny: Smack me around?
CJ: Any reason I can't do both?