Scandal (TV Series)

Grant: For the People (2012)

Jeff Perry: Cyrus Beene

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• Cyrus Beene : [about Fitz as he views his favorite Whitehouse painting]  Alexander Hamilton - as brilliant a political thinker as any man or woman who has ever walked these halls. But he wasn't the president. Washington was the president. He was the winner. But Hamilton could pick a winner. He knew who the country needed when they needed it. I don't doubt that he could do it, live the normal life he's always wanted. Walk the dog, mow the lawn. A simple life, a happy life. For most people, that's fine. It's all they need. For him, it's a waste of talent, of potential.

  [sighs] 

  Cyrus Beene : That man was born to be a leader. He was born to do this. Anything less would diminish him and deprive this country. He can talk all he wants about a regular life. Some men aren't meant to be happy. They're meant to be great.

• Cyrus Beene : The whole thing was off the table. At least until last night.

  President Fitzgerald Grant : Last night?

  Cyrus Beene : Yeah, last night, when I went looking For the President of the United States, and found out that he was at his girlfriend's house.

  President Fitzgerald Grant : Here it comes. Cyrus the holy.