Jay: This is the right move at the wrong time. This guy is facing an unstable government and needs all the help he can get but he turns down all aid. What do you call that?
Elizabeth: Leadership.

Blake: How about a practice interview?
Jay: I don't think you need that.
Blake: Please, it'll push me over the top.
Jay: You're already over the top.
Blake: Please, Jay, I gotta kill this. When M. Sec sits down with me she's got to think I'm the second coming of... well, me.

Jay: First of all, don't panic.
Blake: This is my home. How am I supposed to just leave it?

This is Washington. They dispense with the indispensable.

Blake

Henry: How's the world looking?
Elizabeth: Oh you know. Drought. Sectarian violence. Bugs.

Madam Secretary Season 5 Episode 8 Quotes

This is Washington. They dispense with the indispensable.

Blake

Henry: How's the world looking?
Elizabeth: Oh you know. Drought. Sectarian violence. Bugs.