The West Wing (TV Series)

The Drop In (2001)

Roger Rees: Lord John Marbury

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• Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : [waiting for an audience with the President]  I'll need some amusement.

  Donna Moss : [entering]  Good evening, your Lordship.

  Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : Excellent!

• Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : Your assistant, Margaret, is looking positively buxom.

  Leo McGarry : [awkwardly]  Thank you. I'll tell her.

  Margaret : [from outer office]  Thank you!

  Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : Oh, yes! Well done!

• Donna Moss : Edward Earl of Ulster?

  Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : Yes.

  Donna Moss : Do you think he'd like me?

  Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : Do you date younger men?

  Donna Moss : Sure. How old is he?

  Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : Five.

  Donna Moss : Okay. Well, let's stick a pin in that for a moment and move on.

• President Josiah Bartlet : [following the appointment of Marbury to be the British Ambassador to the United States]  What made you agree to take the post?

  Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : I don't know, I suppose it's possible I was drunk.

  Josh Lyman : Reasonable bet.

• Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : [to Leo:]  You think you can make it stop? Well, you can't. We build a shield, and somebody'll build a better missile.

  President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : Well, it's a discussion for serious men. They say a statesman is a politician who's been dead for fifteen years. I'd like us to be statesmen while we're still alive.

• President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : Where are you on the missile shield?

  Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : Well, I think its dangerous, illegal, fiscally irresponsible, technologically unsound, and a threat to all people everywhere.

• President Josiah Bartlet : It's good to have you here.

  Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : Your servant, as always.

• Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : I'm required to attend the State of the Union?

  President Josiah Bartlet : Yes!

  Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : Oh, well, then attend it I shall.

• Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : It's as if the gods themselves insist that we be not long apart, you and I.

• Leo McGarry : You're an expert in the field, and I hope I can count on your support.

  Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : You may hope for it but you'll not have it.

• Charlie Young : He's back, but he's receiving credentials from Her Excellency Renee Ernesto of Argentina, and asks for your patience.

  Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : Then my patience he shall have.