The West Wing

The West Wing1999

The West Wing is an American serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006. The series is set primarily in the West Wing of the White House, where the O… more »



Josh Lyman:
I just need to tell you this. Come here. Sorry, come here.

Toby Ziegler:
Josh...

Josh Lyman:
Come here. All right, it was desperation. It wasn't out of a desire to do evil. He had a young family and he barely spoke the language. He went to jail. He went to jail and you went to school, and it was all a half century ago. Look what he did in two generations. What room did you just walk out of?

Toby Ziegler:
I appreciate that that's what you think. Do I get to think what I think?

Josh Lyman:
No, you don't, cause you don't know what I know.

Toby Ziegler:
What?

Josh Lyman:
That I would give anything to have a living father who was a felon, or a sister with a past... That's it.

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