The West Wing (TV Series)
Dead Irish Writers (2002)
Richard Schiff: Toby Ziegler
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Toby Ziegler : Can I call you John?
Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : I am John, Lord Marbury, Earl of Croy, Marquess of Needham and Dolby, Baronet of Brycey, England's ambassador to the United States, and a terrorist is a terrorist even if he wears a green necktie and sings "Danny Boy". Yes, you can call me John.
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Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : You're involving yourself in a centuries old conflict without sufficient regard for history. Listen to the warning of old friends. It was Kipling who warned to expect "the blame of those ye better, and the hate of those ye guard."
Toby Ziegler : And wasn't it James Joyce who said, "History is a nightmare from which I'm trying to awake."
Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury : Yes, but it was your own great Irish master, Eugene O'Neill, who said, "There is no present or future, only the past happening over and over again... now."
