The American President

Mr. President, the American people have a funny way of deciding on their own what is and what is not their business.

A.J.

Mr. President, this is an election year. If you're looking for female companionship, we can make arrangements that'll insure total privacy and--

A.J.

Mr. President, militant women are out to destroy college football in this country.

Gill

Well, I could explain it better, but I’d need charts and graphs and an easel.

Kodak

Can I just say, to return to the subject for one moment, that it might be easier to fight a war on drugs if we weren't arming drug dealers?

Lewis

Can I state very clearly that I can't be party to anything illegal.

Lewis

I tell any girl I'm going out with to assume that all plans are soft until she receives confirmation 30 minutes beforehand.

Lewis

Mood swings? Nineteen post-graduate degrees in mathematics, and your best explanation for going from a 63 to a 46 percent approval rating in five weeks is mood swings?

Lewis

Do you see it as part of your job to torture me?

Lucy

Fellas, we haven't slept in three years. Can't we forget work for one night and take this moment to enjoy each other as friends? It's Christmas.

Robin

I think the important thing is not to make it look like we're panicking.

Robin

Mr. Shepherd's read a lot of books, but you didn't need a Harvard degree to see this comin' a mile down the road.

Rumson

Douglas, does the N.R.A. have videotapes of you playing golf with Satan?

Sheperd

I feel terrible, but I have to cancel our date tonight.

Sheperd

I gotta get her flowers.

Sheperd

I'm going to her house. I'm gonna stand at her front door till she lets me in. And I'm not leaving till I get her back.

Sheperd

I studied under a Nobel-Prize-Winning economist. You know what he taught me?

Sheperd

I want to send some flowers, Janie. I want to do it myself. I don’t want to staff it out, and I don’t want to issue an Executive Order. I just want a phone number.

Sheperd

Janie, make a note. We need to schedule more events where somebody gives me a really big fish.

Sheperd

Lewis, however much coffee you drink in the morning, I want you to reduce it by half.

Sheperd

Uhh...this isn't Richard, it's Andrew Shepherd.

Sheperd

Forgive me, this is my first time at the White House. I'm trying to savor the Capra-esque quality.

Sydney

How can you keep quiet? How do you have patience for people who claim they love America but clearly can't stand Americans?

Sydney

I've gotta nip this in the bud. This has catastrophe written all over it.

Sydney

Leo Solomon has serious concerns about my exploring a social, you know, scenario, with the President of the United States.

Sydney

Mr. President, I'm...don't know what to say. I'm speechless.

Sydney

Mr. President, you got bigger problems than losing me. You just lost my vote.

Sydney

Mr. President, you have asked me to join you in representing our country. I'm honored. I'm equal to the task. I won't let you down, sir.

Sydney

The President must think I'm a third-rate jerk.

Sydney

Two hundred pairs of eyes are focused on you right now, with two questions: "Who's this girl, and why is the President dancing with her?"

Sydney

What do Lewis and Robin think?

Sydney