When she hates you, it's a crisis. When she hates me, it's natural progression.
Elizabeth. I know. It's so weird.

Henry

Stevie: Would you guys not spycraft me before 8:00 AM?

Our greatest responsibility as parents is to leave the world a safer and more peaceful world for our children.

Elizabeth

We do all these horrible things to each another. And there are always - always - kids in the middle. Henry, what have I done to our sweet children?

Elizabeth

I know. I'm all messed up. One minute I'm fine, then I'm furious, then I'm numb. The truth is I'm just not ready to talk about what happened yet.

Elizabeth

'Exhausted' is Washington code for complete mental freakout, you 12 year-olds.

Mike

Elizabeth: More like parameters. I think we're talking north of 40 with 35 as the floor for someone really spectacular.
Henry: I'm not Hugh Hefner. 40 is just fine.
Elizabeth: Good.

Elizabeth: Was she coerced?
Munsey: No. She was a patriot.
Elizabeth: How is she?
Munsey: Righteous.

He is literally riding in on a white horse.

Elizabeth

Nadine: Daisy, whatever good was in that man, he was most definitely not a good husband.
Matt: But he always had such good things to say about Mrs. Marsh.
Nadine: Not when he was in bed with me.

You find her. Bring her back.

Henry

He was planning on dumping me before announcing his presidential run. So one way or another, he was going to get killed.

Nadine

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?