Stevie: Why are you being so weird?
Jareth: Maybe it's just disconcerting to be under the thumb of a political dynasty when you've been disinherited by your own family.

Elizabeth [about paint colors]: See, now I'm leaning towards Ionian Grotto. [pause, stares at the wall] They're all exactly the same, aren't they?
Henry: Pretty much.

No heroics, Bess. And if DS decides to pull the plug at any point, I'm authorizing them to pick you up throw you back on the plane! You got that?

Dalton

You're not some random envoy, Elizabeth. If anything happens to you, we won't just be sad, it'd be an act of war!

Russell

Here's what I know already -- In this brave new world of scattered partisan media where unscrupulous outlets are desperate for any juicy news story and political plot twist that they can find, I believe I can chip away at Dalton's approval ratings quickly and efficiently.

Senator Morejon

Russell: You throwing patriotic temper tantrums on live TV isn't doing you any favors.
Nadine: Neither is sitting there mute after she's been ambushed by someone pretending to represent legitimate journalism. Instead of throwing your own tantrum and blaming the victim for this latest tool of terrorism, why don't you grow a spine and do something about it?!

Well, here's the problem with our golden brain child, free speech -- which I love as much as the next guy. In the age of the internet, it means a lot of nut-jobs reach just as large an audience as the Secretary of State!

Russell

Coffee, Russell? Or a sedative of some kind?

Elizabeth

Elizabeth: What Senator Morejon is doing by legitimizing this baseless story is not just immoral and unethical. It undermines the stability of democratic government.
Host: That's an overstatement.
Elizabeth: Reliable information is the bedrock of any institution, be it science, government, or private enterprise. If citizens can't tell the difference between fact and fiction, then the project of civilization turns to dust.

I'm her cool uncle. We bitmoji.

Will [about Allison]

Mom, we literally cannot finish the soundtrack to Hamilton before we get there.

Allison [on the distance to her new school]

Wow. It's aggressive and at the same time a little petty. Works for me.

Russell [about Elizabeth's plan]

Madam Secretary Quotes

I won't say the David Bowie thing.

Henry

Elizabeth: When he says it's my call, what does he mean by that?
Russell: He means it's your ass.