Henry: Thanks for looking at us instead of your phones.
Allison: Thanks for being interesting.

Spare me your idealism. More importantly, spare Africa. I lived through the Cultural Revolution. My father was not so lucky. Idealism kills. Mutual interests save lives.

Minister Chen [to Elizabeth]

Daisy: This trip is coming off the rails, Susan, just like I said it would.
Susan: Okay, so a trip to Africa turned out to be complicated. Congratulations, Nostradamus.

Nadine: Why can't these people speak English?
Matt: 'Cause then we could understand what they're saying.
Nadine: I hate the Pentagon so much.

We're going to make an emergency landing in Togo. But the thing is, Daisy, we're not gonna die. Come on. The odds of us dying in a crash are eleven million to one. That's slightly lower than getting killed by lightening. But admittedly higher than being killed by a falling coconut.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth: Not only did Minister Chen undercut our deal at the last minute, he chose to do so in a very public and embarrassing way.
Blake: So he...he trolled us?
Susan: Arguably tried to bigfoot us.
Elizabeth: I believe the correct diplomatic term he "pantsed" us.

Madam Secretary Season 3 Episode 12 Quotes

We're going to make an emergency landing in Togo. But the thing is, Daisy, we're not gonna die. Come on. The odds of us dying in a crash are eleven million to one. That's slightly lower than getting killed by lightening. But admittedly higher than being killed by a falling coconut.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth: Not only did Minister Chen undercut our deal at the last minute, he chose to do so in a very public and embarrassing way.
Blake: So he...he trolled us?
Susan: Arguably tried to bigfoot us.
Elizabeth: I believe the correct diplomatic term he "pantsed" us.