24 (TV Series)

Day 5: 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. (2006)

Jean Smart: Martha Logan

Quotes 

• Martha Logan : [Meeting privately]  what is it?

  Mike Novick : The country's facing a crisis: the President needs you

  Martha Logan : [Amused]  he needs me

  Mike Novick : If you think the decision to let the attack on the motorcade was easy for him, you're wrong. I was with him when he got down on his knees and prayed

  Martha Logan : He did?

  Mike Novick : He loves you: he didn't want to lose you but with the lives of so many people in jeopardy, he felt he had no choice

  Martha Logan : We've known each other for a long time, you and I. why don't you stop talking about how a positive influence I am and tell me "precisely" it is your trying to get me to do?

  Mike Novick : [Sits down next to her]  Vice President Gardener is advising your husband to declare Martial Law in Los Angeles in preparation for the release of the nerve gas. He wants to do it without Congressional sanction or a time table to lift it

  Martha Logan : He can't just rewrite the law

  Mike Novick : Hal's got an agenda

  Martha Logan : Well, his wrong: this will make things far worse

  Mike Novick : All I know is the President is listening to Hal Gardener and it will only help the country to have him listening to you as well

• President Charles Logan : [after she rubs his shoulder]  can you forgive me?

  Martha Logan : You acted like the President of the United States

  President Charles Logan : Yes I did but you wanted me to be your husband first

  Martha Logan : I can't pretend that I didn't... I still love you as much as I always did: they'll be plenty of time for "us" later, you have to get back to work. The country needs you more than I do