Roger Rees as Lord John Marbury in The West Wing, episode 111 "Lord John Marbury"

MARBURY
[enters] Im back... and I believe there are many more people in the room.

LEO
Excellent deducing, your Lordship.

MARBURY
Mr. President, the telephone call was from the British ambassador to the United Nations.
He believes therell be a ceasefire resolution within a few hours.

BARTLET
Thats what Id heard. But all they got was two weeks.

MARBURY
Its two weeks better than nothing.

BARTLET
John, I was hoping youd stick around for a couple of days and help us out.

MARBURY
A few days, a few months, however long it takes is as long as I shall serve.

LEO
Well, lets play it by ear.

MARBURY
Youre all frightened. As well you should be. Not since the ProtestantCatholic wars
in the 16th century has Western society known anything remotely comparable to the
subcontinents religious malevolence. To a lesser observer, the intensity of the
emotional frenzy is so illogical as to border on mass psychosis. But, as has been
said by kings and queens, I am not a lesser observer.

BARTLET
John, theres a quote from Revelations...

MARBURY
And I looked, and I beheld a pale horse, and the name that sat on him was Death, and
Hell followed with him.

BARTLET
Are you frightened, John?

MARBURY
Do you mean do I think we can stop a war in the next two weeks?

BARTLET
Yes.

MARBURY
Yes.

BARTLET
Good.

MARBURY
But

Bartlet turns to him expectantly. Marbury takes a cigarette from his pocket.

MARBURY [cont.]
I shall require a light.

Marbury catches the lighter Bartlet has tossed him, smiles, and lights his cigarette.