Going Quote by William Devane

That's the great thing about 'The West Wing:' you really felt like you were in the thick of it.

— Joss Whedon

The best episodes of 'The West Wing' that dealt with policy and stuff, in my opinion, were the ones where they were in the…

— Michael Schur

“No one should be allowed to work in the West Wing of the White House who has not suffered a major disappointment in life...…

— Charles Murray

The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing.

— Donald Rumsfeld

I genuinely did not expect more than half our nation to choose to walk away from our long-term allies into the arms of our…

— Brian Reade

The military is a path of the unknown. I wasn't in denial about the risk.

— Kyle Carpenter

I did a week-long assessment in 2005 at (then Defense Secretary Donald) Rumsfeld's request. Following our return, I told him that Afghanistan was going…

— David Petraeus

The Monica Lewinsky scandal was happening at the very time I was writing the West Wing pilot and it was hard, at least for…

— Aaron Sorkin

I'd been concerned all along that the character of the president in the West Wing pilot would throw the ensemble out of whack, that…

— Aaron Sorkin

Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.

— Bernard Baruch

Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake.

— Nick Clooney

“The secret was loyalty to the White House and to the Presidency, rather than to whoever happens to be occupying the office for four…

— J.B. West