Henry: You don't want Juliet to die.
Elizabeth: Does that make me a traitor?
Henry: No. It makes you human.

Listen, I just want you to know, even when it's hard and no matter how much it hurts right now, that it's not the end of the world.

Elizabeth

You and Harrison are just filling bandwidth between Kardashians.

Arthur

Daisy: Three words that can never go together in this town: "Boss", "Internship" and "Sex".

I'm in no need of miracles. You may be. But not me.

President Ostrov

Now anyone who wants to leave, there is the door.

Dalton

Dalton: Tell me you're on this, Bess.
Elizabeth: I'm on this.

It seems like our victory lap has turned into a funeral march.

Dalton

Henry: Tell me, Jackson. Does this midnight menacing ususally work?
Russell: On most people.

Blake: My coins were too big.
Nadine: Is that some sort of euphemism?

Elizabeth: Do you think you'll have God on your side?
Henry: I have you.

No half measures. If we're going to do this, let's send Henry down there.

President Dalton

Madam Secretary Season 1 Quotes

Of those 10 that came before you, how many got us into trouble, giving us something other than the facts, including leading us into war?

Elizabeth

Elizabeth: What do you need, sir?
President Dalton: For you to fix this. Have I been unclear about that?
Chief of Staff Russell: Sir. In fairness, she inherited a lot of this, including Allen Bollings. This was Marsh's agenda.
President Dalton: Vincent Marsh is dead. When are you going to do your job?