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(I was going to do his "I think they would call it a coup d'etat" scene with Margaret, because it may be my favorite ever, but I was talking about this episode just yesterday, and I really wanted something with Jed in it. So.)
LEO: You want to see me orchestrate this right now? You want to see me mobilize these people? These people who would walk into fire if you told them to -- these people who showed up to lead -- these people who showed up to fight. That guy gets death threats because he's black and he dates your daughter. He was warned: "Do not show up to this place. Your life will be in danger." He said, "To hell with that, I'm going anyway." You said no. Prudent or not prudent, this 21-year-old at $600 a week said, "I'm going where I want, because a man stands up." Everyone's waiting for you. I don't know how much longer.
JED: I don't want to feel like this anymore.
LEO: You don't have to.
JED: I don't want to go to sleep like this.
LEO: You don't have to.
JED: I want to speak.
LEO: Say it out loud. Say it to me.
--"Let Bartlet Be Bartlet"
LEO: You want to see me orchestrate this right now? You want to see me mobilize these people? These people who would walk into fire if you told them to -- these people who showed up to lead -- these people who showed up to fight. That guy gets death threats because he's black and he dates your daughter. He was warned: "Do not show up to this place. Your life will be in danger." He said, "To hell with that, I'm going anyway." You said no. Prudent or not prudent, this 21-year-old at $600 a week said, "I'm going where I want, because a man stands up." Everyone's waiting for you. I don't know how much longer.
JED: I don't want to feel like this anymore.
LEO: You don't have to.
JED: I don't want to go to sleep like this.
LEO: You don't have to.
JED: I want to speak.
LEO: Say it out loud. Say it to me.
--"Let Bartlet Be Bartlet"
