The West Wing (TV Series)

In Excelsis Deo (1999)

Martin Sheen: President Josiah Bartlet

Quotes 

• President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : [Toby has just arranged for an honor guard at the funeral of a homeless vet]  Toby, If we start pulling strings like this don't you think every homeless veteran will come out of the woodwork?

  Toby Ziegler : I can only hope so, sir.

• Josh Lyman : Where are you going?

  President Josiah Bartlet : To a place called "Rare books." You know what they sell?

  Josh Lyman : Fishing tackle?

• President Josiah Bartlet : You know, Zoey is starting Georgetown in two weeks. I was thinking about getting this for her - "The Nature of Things, a Didascalic Poem" translated from the Latin of Titus Lucretius Carus. What do you think?

  Charlie Young : I think she would like that better than a new stereo, sir.

• President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : Ooh... The Fables of Phaedrus... 1886... first edition, red leather label, gilt leathering, engraved frontis. Phaedrus, you know, who was a slave, but later granted his freedom by Augustus, wrote his animal fables in iambic verse.

  Leo McGarry : Well, nothing says Christmas like animal fables in iambic verse.

  President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : That's what I say.