Commander in Chief Quotes

Mackenzie Allen: Tell me, when exactly did my Presidency turn into a time share?
Rod Calloway: What are you...?
Mackenzie Allen: My California schedule. Looks like you and Dickie are selling me off in 5-minute blocks.
Rod Calloway: No one's selling your time, Mac.
Mackenzie Allen: Really? Lets see.
Mackenzie Allen: [She starts reading from her schedule] "POTUS", that would be me, "will be joined in limo by business man Caleb Talben. On arrival to groundbreaking, POTUS will be escorted by real estate developer, Mike Muller". Ah, my personal favorite: "POTUS will ride in elevator to suite with investment banker Victoria Voles". I just hope for Ms. Voles' sake, it's a tall hotel.

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Mackenzie Allen: What a town. You can't even trust the backstabbers.

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[Templeton and the President disagree on anti-crime measures]
Reporter: Least she's doing something. You're just talking.
Nathan Templeton: You don't get it, do you? She's doing something to cause a lot of talk; I'm talking something to cause a lot to get done.

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[Templeton and the President disagree on anti-crime measures]
Reporter: Least she's doing something. You're just talking.
Nathan Templeton: You don't get it, do you? She's doing something to cause a lot of talk; I'm talking something to cause a lot to get done.

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Mackenzie Allen: [grumbling that her youngest has interrupted an intimate moment with her husband] Potus interruptus.

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Mackenzie Allen: I'm going to go out there, and I'm going to take the oath of office. I'm going to run this government... and if some Islamic nations can't tolerate a female president, then I promise you... it will be more their problem than mine!

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Mackenzie Allen: So I say to the people of this nation: I am humbled by your greatness. I am humbled by the history being made here today, humbled by the notion that I am the first woman to hold this office. I'm humbled by the responsibilities that rest with me.

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Mackenzie Allen: What a town. You can't even trust the backstabbers.

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Grace Bridges: If Moses had been a woman, leading the Jews out of Egypt, she'd have stopped to ask for directions. They would've found Israel within a week.

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Amy Allen: Will they put your face on money?

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