- President Josiah Bartlet: You going to campaign on prescription drugs?
- Sam Seaborn: Our prescription drug bill - yes, sir - and our Medicare reforms and the Bartlet Energy Plan.
- President Josiah Bartlet: Sam...
- Sam Seaborn: Yes Sir?
- President Josiah Bartlet: It's okay to run away from me when you need to.
- Sam Seaborn: I would never, Mr. President. I simply would never do that. That's not how I'm getting votes.
- President Josiah Bartlet: I appreciate that, but that's not what I'm talking about. You disagreed with me on Medicare. I remember the meeting right here. Then you wrote a five page memo. Run towards yourself. I'm wrong about that. Walk. You're not going to be used to your surroundings.
- Sam Seaborn: Yes Sir
- President Josiah Bartlet: If you lose, you lose. But if you waste this, I'll kill you. I'll just kill you, Sam.
- Charlie Young: More thank-you notes?
- President Josiah Bartlet: You know what? Why don't you tell Debbie we're gonna do some calls.
- Charlie Young: Calls?
- President Josiah Bartlet: Yes, calls. "Calls". Mr. Sarcasm with your dry "calls". I was this close to renaming one of the oceans after you, but no way. Maybe, maybe one of the species of fish. Like trout. Trout is now Charlie. Went out to the lake, pulled out a couple of nice Charlie for dinner.
- Charlie Young: Anything else, s...
- President Josiah Bartlet: [cutting him off] Look at the size of that Charlie you've got mounted on your wall.
- Charlie Young: Thank you sir.
- President Josiah Bartlet: That's just greedy. Real power is knowing when to leave a little something on the table.
- Josh Lyman: You've got a Constitutional obligation, that comes first.
- Vice President John Hoynes: Last time I checked, my Constitutional obligation was to have a pulse.
- Leo McGarry: Are we sure about Japan? I mean, one of these days they're going to find the fairway, right?