The West Wing (TV Series)
Shibboleth (2000)
Martin Sheen: President Josiah Bartlet
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Quotes
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Charlie Young : Okay, Mr. President. I say this with all possible respect, but each of these knives cuts, you know, meat. Why is it important?
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : 'Cause it is something we pass on. It's something with a history, so we can say, "My father gave this to me, and his father gave it to him, and now I'm giving it to you."
Charlie Young : Well, OK, sir. But if that's true then why don't you already have one?
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : I do have one.
Charlie Young : Why do you need a new one?
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : I'm giving mine away.
Charlie Young : To who?
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : Whom.
Charlie Young : To whom?
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : Funny you should ask.
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : [Reaches into his desk and takes out a case]
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : Charlie, my father gave this to me, and his father gave it to him, and now I'm giving it to you.
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : [Hands Charlie the box]
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : Take a look.
Charlie Young : [Opens the box]
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : The fully tapered bolster allows for sharpening the entire edge of the blade.
Charlie Young : It says "PR" I thought I knew them all but I don't recognize the manufacturer.
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : This was made for my family by a Boston silversmith named Paul Revere. I'm proud of you, Charlie.
Charlie Young : [overwhelmed] Thank you, sir.
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Jhin Wei : ...faith is the true shibboleth.
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : Yes, it is. And you, sir, just said the magic word in more ways than one.
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Josh Lyman : [Josh and Sam enter the oval office] You've heard?
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : About the Chinese refugees?
Josh Lyman : They escaped.
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : I know, can you believe it?
Josh Lyman : No. As a matter of fact neither one of us can believe it, sir.
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : That detention center was being guarded by the 22nd Division of the California National Guard. Now what does it say about our reserve army?
Sam Seaborn : That 83 men, women, and children, who haven't eaten in two months, staged a prison break?
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C.J. Cregg : They sent me two turkeys. The more photo-friendly of the two gets a Presidential pardon and a full life at a children's zoo. The runner-up gets eaten.
President Josiah Bartlet : If the Oscars were like that, I'd watch.
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Josh Lyman : Excuse me, Mr. President, what are you going to ask the Chinese refugee?
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : I'm going to ask him to say "Shibboleth."
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Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg : Mr. President.
President Josiah Bartlet : Yeah.
Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg : We're all set.
President Josiah Bartlet : What am I doing?
Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg : Pardoning a turkey.
President Josiah Bartlet : Okay.
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President Josiah Bartlet : There was a while there I waned to be a chemistry professor.
Leo McGarry : What happened?
President Josiah Bartlet : I never actually studied chemistry.
Leo McGarry : A lot of these college chemistry departments are really demanding that way.