Henry: I've got good news and bad news. Um, and I'm gonna tell you the bad news first. So I don't want you to freak out, okay?
Elizabeth: That never helps.

Look, Jay, you have been around here long enough to know that this job is just one impossible situation after another. Sometimes we can't fix it, all we can do is take it.

Elizabeth

So now the US is timid about meddling in our affairs? Por favor. How many elections has the US subverted in Latin America? How many coups and dictatorships have you backed?

President Tejeda

Matt: I know you think I'm a dreamer, but I'm a pragmatist.
Daisy: No. I think you're an idiot.

Blake: Oh no. Family emergency?
Matt: Yeah. I'm, uh, almost thirty-five and still single.

Jay: President Tejadas is only up by two.
Blake: Over an ex-soccer player who hates America.
Matt: There is so much more to Maynor Fonsea that that. He's also semi-literate.

Elizabeth: We used to have a regular Cranium night with them!
Henry: You used to make people cry at Cranium.
Elizabeth: Look, it's not my fault I can still spell backwards after two drinks.

Madam Secretary Season 4 Episode 18 Quotes

Jay: President Tejadas is only up by two.
Blake: Over an ex-soccer player who hates America.
Matt: There is so much more to Maynor Fonsea that that. He's also semi-literate.

Elizabeth: We used to have a regular Cranium night with them!
Henry: You used to make people cry at Cranium.
Elizabeth: Look, it's not my fault I can still spell backwards after two drinks.