The West Wing, Season Two

Bartlet:
Where are you on the missile shield?

Lord John Marbury:
Well, I think it's dangerous, illegal...fiscally irresponsible, technologically unsound, and a threat to all people everywhere.

Bartlett:
Leo?

Leo:
I think the world invented a nuclear weapon. I think the world owes it to itself to see if it can't invent something to make it irrelevant.

Lord John Marbury:
Well that's the right sentiment... and certainly a credible one from a man who's fought in a war. You think you can make it stop? Well, you can't. We build a shield and somebody will build a better missile.

Bartlet:
Well, it's a discussion for serious men. They say a statesman is a politician who's been dead for fifteen years. I'd like us to be statesmen while we're still alive.