This episode sticks out for many reasons, this speech and that haunting song and its actual origins give me cills. If you don't know the meaning behind the song do a search for it.
I just heard the story of a 13 year-old Australian boy named Jordan Rice who ended up being trapped by a flash flood with his mother and 10 year old brother almost a year ago. He was petrified of water, but when rescuers arrived and reach Jordan first, he insisted they save his brother first. So, they did. But Jordan (along with his mother) was swept away before he could be rescued. He gave his life so that his little brother could live. "The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels."
I love this video and Martin Sheen's delivery of that speech is impeccable, but I have a question - Does anyone know the origin of the line "streets of heaven are too crowed with angels tonight". I first heard it on Tom Hanks Oscar speech and I was wondering if that wonderful line came from the beautiful mind of Tom Hanks himself, because i can't seem to find any other source. Enlighten me please if you know differently!
I've lost count of the number of times I've watched this. It's one of the most wonderfully written and delivered speeches I've ever heard and watching it on September 11th is all the more poignant. I strive to use language one tenth as well as this.
These words are eerily appropriate for the anniversary of September 11, 2001. Let us not forget those who ran into the fire, into the cockpit, and into a building to save the lives of strangers.
This is one of my favorite West Wing moments. Just mindblowingly beautiful, chills every single time & then like every scene in the show perfectly balanced out & rounded off with Bruno's fun comment to Sam. A crescendo in my joint favorite episode. Not that I'm obsessed or anything.
if he were to run for president of the US i would vote for him...dam i'm not from the right country but i'll get that citzenship to vote for him! one of the great moments of tv this is...
If this is your umpteenth time watching this like myself, go to sporcle.com and search West Wing Speech to do the quiz on it.
You have to quote the entire speech and it reveals any/all the words in the dialogue as you type them. Keep an eye out for onlookers though, as some may call you obsessed
@jpizzle1223 he was based on carter's idealisim but he also had kennedys oratorical abilities and FDR's political acumen thats why he was (fictionaly) sucessfull unlike carter he was abile to use his political knowledge to maintain control of the party and using his oratry skills to sway the people to his ideals. just watch the video again and tell me you dont see that at work.
8 people were killed as 4+4 = 8 and Aaron Sorkin is a liberal Democrat. How did President Obama and sadly Secretary Hillary Clinton is no longer a hero or effective in her job. If Secretaries are advertising as Palin was going to be advertising why not appoint Secretary Locke as the next U.S. Secretary of State. It is obvious as Secretary Clinton needs her own Asst. Secretary for Intelligence that she has her own people or Karen Hughes people working "for" her.
@CubsinNY...yeah I wasn't much on it either...although I did like the analogy Josh made to the Middle Eastern terrorists and the KKK. *That* was spot on.
@CubsinNY Isaac and Ishmael was more designed to be a sort of pause to consider. It would have been easy to write an episode like this that was very emotive and you can tell the 9/11 influence in it, but Isaac and Ishmael was there to explain who exactly these terrorists were and how not all of the middle east is out to get the west like how it seemed to be spun at the time.
Had Kennedy lived in a different time and had a full life, this, I think would have been what his presidency would have been like. I think thats why I liked this show so much.
Of course, original credit must be given to Tom Hanks in his Oscar speech for "Philadelphia", saying... "the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels...", referring to AIDS victims.
@CommentorX...just because someone doesn't believe in god doesn't make him annoying rather the intolerance always projected by so-called religious people is most annoying!!! If there is a god, I hope he slaps you up side the head with a bible...
The President really should employ Aaron Sorkin in real life. He wrote better speeches for Jed Bartlet than any real life political leader has ever given. Never ceases to amaze me that a fictional show does a better job than the real White House speech-writing staff.
@lanebarnaby The circumstances under which they write are not comparable. Real presidents have to give much longer speeches. Real presidents don't get dramatic background music, lighting, and camera angles. Real presidents aren't Martin Sheen.
This has to be my favourite speech from The West Wing and there are a few good ones to choose from. 'I don't like Mondays' playing underneath is just genius as well- it adds that extra emotional layer. The best TV show ever made. FACT.
Amazing show, amazing episode, amazing moment, amazing speech, amazing song. Is there anything about the West Wing that is not so amazing it transcends the expected boundaries of greatness?
I want Bartlet to be my president. This show is what catapulted me from loving politics to actively wanting to find a man or woman like Jed Bartlet and put him or her in power, where they can change things and lead people.
This is why a love this show. No other shows have this character or the feeling that is felt here. Martin Sheen portrays a president like no other. "This is a time for American heroes and we reach for the stars". A line I will remember forever.
This speech actually made me cry. So good that you can cry and laugh in a space on about 30 seconds in this programme. Love Bruno's comment at the end!
"when after having heard the explosion from their practice facility they ran into the fire to help get people out... ran into the fire. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight. They're our students and our teachers and our parents and our friends. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels, but every time we think we have measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we're reminded that that capacity may well be limitless."
One of the things I realize watching this is that Barlet hooked his earlier speech in Indiana to the farmers ("reaching for the stars") into this one. You don't hear the entire speech at this dinner best I recall.
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> if an American President was anything like Bartket
> it would be a much better world
A much better world, yes--but only if he can get past the SANCTIMONIOUS APPEASERS who will condemn him for taking a stand against terrorism, for choosing to rescue those fleeing religious persecution in China, for choosing to accept those fleeing Cuba, etc.
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Churchill, Reagan, Thatcher, etc--all were dismissed and condemned until the threat became real, and promptly dismissed and condemned again when the threat had passed.
Even someone like Bartlet would not survive IN THE REAL WORLD if he does not have the courage to tell the critics and the pacifists to sod off.
THINK how many more condemn America than condemn Bin Laden, how many more condemn the EU when Russia uses energy supplies for blackmail, etc. Many of us are DELUDED PACIFISTS.
This is one of the most fundamental and heartfelt speeches I have ever had the honour to hear, it always brings tears to my eyes. It is just my sincere hope, that one day a world leader will emerge, with the same compassion, intellect and panache that Martin Sheens character shows, be they, American, British or whomever. My heartfelt congratulations, on a marvellous show, that was the West Wing, may it continue to live on, as an example for generations to come! AJB
This is actually only part of maybe the most amazing last five minutes of any episode of the show, except maybe "Shibboleth." The subsequent scene where Mallory comes to Sam's office, looking amazing - his speech in that scene might be the best thing Rob Lowe's ever done as an actor. And yes, I miss Ron Silver, too.
Ron Silver's character Bruno whatever was good when he led the re-election campaign for the president, but when he led Vinick's campaign, he became the biggest back-stabber on record.
This is from the episode 20 Hours in America Part II. It was the premiere of Season 4 of The West Wing. The end of the 4th Season is Zoey's kidnapping. Also, there were only 7 seasons of The West Wing.
Wasn''t this the third season. I saw where someone said the fourth. But with Bruno and and all and running for reelection. I thought it was the third season as 4th - 8th dealt with the seond term. Isn't the end of the third season Zoey's kidnapping, which was after the reelection. From the speech and all I think it is the third shortly after 9/11.
What song is this?
narutodream12 7 hours ago
First time I watched this episode=tears.
CubsinNY 3 days ago
I write this the day after the state of the union. I wish this president spoke like that.
benedictroy58 4 days ago
"Where did you write that last part?..."
"...in the car."
"...Freak."
perfect. XD
nfinn42 1 week ago
This episode sticks out for many reasons, this speech and that haunting song and its actual origins give me cills. If you don't know the meaning behind the song do a search for it.
SuperOwen1982 4 weeks ago
anyone know who actually wrote this? was it sorkin or another writer?
jairus 1 month ago
@jairus i know the "streets of heaven" bit is taken from a Tom Hanks acceptance speech for Philadelphia
egzy101 2 weeks ago
@jairus no way it was anyone but Sorkin. It's his style through and through.
nfinn42 1 week ago
I just heard the story of a 13 year-old Australian boy named Jordan Rice who ended up being trapped by a flash flood with his mother and 10 year old brother almost a year ago. He was petrified of water, but when rescuers arrived and reach Jordan first, he insisted they save his brother first. So, they did. But Jordan (along with his mother) was swept away before he could be rescued. He gave his life so that his little brother could live. "The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels."
TheUnknown285 1 month ago
chills...every time
nvoci 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos 2
FREAK.
fonsa9o 2 months ago
"The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels."
Everybody, please watch Tom Hanks' Oscar acceptance speech!
Great men speak alike.
justforlescomments 2 months ago
@justforlescomments yes that was one the best speeches I have ever heard in my life
MrTego76 2 months ago in playlist live music
holy SHIT
rococonroll 2 months ago
15 people like Mondays.
Kotori32 3 months ago
Goddammit. Why can't televison today give me chills like this stuff does?
stopthemadness99 3 months ago 4
I love this video and Martin Sheen's delivery of that speech is impeccable, but I have a question - Does anyone know the origin of the line "streets of heaven are too crowed with angels tonight". I first heard it on Tom Hanks Oscar speech and I was wondering if that wonderful line came from the beautiful mind of Tom Hanks himself, because i can't seem to find any other source. Enlighten me please if you know differently!
serendipity375 3 months ago
I've lost count of the number of times I've watched this. It's one of the most wonderfully written and delivered speeches I've ever heard and watching it on September 11th is all the more poignant. I strive to use language one tenth as well as this.
duncannewbury 4 months ago 5
These words are eerily appropriate for the anniversary of September 11, 2001. Let us not forget those who ran into the fire, into the cockpit, and into a building to save the lives of strangers.
SaraElizabeth07 4 months ago 12
This is one of my favorite West Wing moments. Just mindblowingly beautiful, chills every single time & then like every scene in the show perfectly balanced out & rounded off with Bruno's fun comment to Sam. A crescendo in my joint favorite episode. Not that I'm obsessed or anything.
z1z2zeitgeber3 4 months ago 3
if he were to run for president of the US i would vote for him...dam i'm not from the right country but i'll get that citzenship to vote for him! one of the great moments of tv this is...
Z7TomC7Z 4 months ago 2
Brings me to tears every goddamn time I hear it. The West Wing is just the best television ever.
evanescoavis 4 months ago 6
Sam was a genius. This is probably the best speech Barlet delivered on the show.
JustinTinaFey 5 months ago 4
one of the best moments on TV...
michael301 5 months ago 2
I remember watching this live and literally thinking, "why couldn't he be our President?"
l0rdza0n 5 months ago 4
Sorkin is the best writer in Hollywood PERIOD
DoctorPhanan 5 months ago 7
If this is your umpteenth time watching this like myself, go to sporcle.com and search West Wing Speech to do the quiz on it.
You have to quote the entire speech and it reveals any/all the words in the dialogue as you type them. Keep an eye out for onlookers though, as some may call you obsessed
benvanop 5 months ago 4
"Freak"
narutodream12 5 months ago 5
So appropriate tonight. August 6, 2011.
mlmarkley 5 months ago
The Streets of heaven are crowded with Norweigian Heroes tonight
Martinmh 6 months ago 47
@Martinmh They are filled with Norwegian angels
jpizzle1223 6 months ago 4
what is the name of the song?
fluffypenguin7 6 months ago
@fluffypenguin7 I don't like Mondays
fakta15 6 months ago
@fakta15 thanks!
fluffypenguin7 6 months ago
great speech but get rid of the music
starlitejym522 6 months ago
@starlitejym522 the music is in the episode.... kinda hard to remove it without a reshoot
lorDUpor 6 months ago
@starlitejym522 It was in the episode.
RomanoVictus 6 months ago
His rhetorical style was stolen from John Kennedy.
PhiloAmericana 6 months ago
@PhiloAmericana not stolen based on . you cant steal a personality. the character was based on the composite nature of kennedy, carter and FDR
cyberangelo456 6 months ago
@cyberangelo456 He wasn't based on Carter....Kennedy and FDR....if he was based on Carter, it would of been off the air in no time.
jpizzle1223 6 months ago
@jpizzle1223 he was based on carter's idealisim but he also had kennedys oratorical abilities and FDR's political acumen thats why he was (fictionaly) sucessfull unlike carter he was abile to use his political knowledge to maintain control of the party and using his oratry skills to sway the people to his ideals. just watch the video again and tell me you dont see that at work.
cyberangelo456 6 months ago
Damn he is such a great speaker! Why didn't he run for the real presidency ?
lsponeybarger 6 months ago
fuck thats good television!
benvanop 7 months ago
I watch this clip every time I feel down.
miahk2 7 months ago
Every time we think we've measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we're reminded that that capacity may well be limitless.
<3 <3 <3 Love. Love. Love this show.
Gravitation316 7 months ago 7
8 people were killed as 4+4 = 8 and Aaron Sorkin is a liberal Democrat. How did President Obama and sadly Secretary Hillary Clinton is no longer a hero or effective in her job. If Secretaries are advertising as Palin was going to be advertising why not appoint Secretary Locke as the next U.S. Secretary of State. It is obvious as Secretary Clinton needs her own Asst. Secretary for Intelligence that she has her own people or Karen Hughes people working "for" her.
aiu7125 8 months ago
Goosebumps. Why can't our leaders paint this kind of vision for us?
jackoshadow 8 months ago 4
@jackoshadow
One did...his name was Ronald Reagan.
jpizzle1223 6 months ago
Too bad obama is not Jed Bartlet...
suenos82 8 months ago 3
@suenos82....no kidding. At this point I'd even take him being Matt Santos...
svrhodes77 8 months ago 2
@suenos82 None of the recent US presidents are like Jed and that is a pity
AirbusA380Rocks 7 months ago
someone needs to step up and become bartlet
MrMilesjones 9 months ago 5
And to think Bush the Lesser's response to 9/11 was "Go shopping."
This is what an American presidency SHOULD be like.
Sharoney 9 months ago
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benmarjot 9 months ago
how did this video get 14 dislikes, it the single greatest televison clip
benmarjot 9 months ago 2
this is clearly the west wing's response to 9/11 (slightly delayed, though it was, and understandably so)
SatyaVenugopal 9 months ago
@SatyaVenugopal...no, The West Wing's response to Sept. 11 was a one-off episode entitled "Isaac and Ishmael"...it's really good, actually.
svrhodes77 8 months ago
This episode would be one hell of a lot better response than Isaac and Ishmael..Isaac and Ishmael was a little lame.
CubsinNY 8 months ago
@CubsinNY...yeah I wasn't much on it either...although I did like the analogy Josh made to the Middle Eastern terrorists and the KKK. *That* was spot on.
svrhodes77 8 months ago
@CubsinNY Isaac and Ishmael was more designed to be a sort of pause to consider. It would have been easy to write an episode like this that was very emotive and you can tell the 9/11 influence in it, but Isaac and Ishmael was there to explain who exactly these terrorists were and how not all of the middle east is out to get the west like how it seemed to be spun at the time.
pscott90 7 months ago
Bartlet for America.
leftoutjonny 9 months ago 2
Had Kennedy lived in a different time and had a full life, this, I think would have been what his presidency would have been like. I think thats why I liked this show so much.
awesomedeal 9 months ago 2
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awesomedeal 9 months ago
came to this clip because of japan
thatdeadrockstar1 10 months ago
Of course, original credit must be given to Tom Hanks in his Oscar speech for "Philadelphia", saying... "the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels...", referring to AIDS victims.
lookfar111 10 months ago 2
The events in Japan today made me think of this clip
05HK09 10 months ago
0:49 "Ran INTO the fire. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight." my favorite moment of The West Wing. <3
EdwardandBella1918 11 months ago 7
@CommentorX...just because someone doesn't believe in god doesn't make him annoying rather the intolerance always projected by so-called religious people is most annoying!!! If there is a god, I hope he slaps you up side the head with a bible...
mfsd3 11 months ago
lol "where did u write that last part?
-in the car
- Freak"
platinumsalamander 1 year ago 9
The President really should employ Aaron Sorkin in real life. He wrote better speeches for Jed Bartlet than any real life political leader has ever given. Never ceases to amaze me that a fictional show does a better job than the real White House speech-writing staff.
lanebarnaby 1 year ago 11
@lanebarnaby
No. What they need to do is brainwash Martin Sheen to think he is Jed Bartlett, then make him run for President.
whitehat03 11 months ago 25
@lanebarnaby The circumstances under which they write are not comparable. Real presidents have to give much longer speeches. Real presidents don't get dramatic background music, lighting, and camera angles. Real presidents aren't Martin Sheen.
ChortortleC 10 months ago
14 dislikes? What is wrong with those people?
MarcAmAlb 1 year ago 5
@MarcAmAlb
they don't like the cover of the song
StigGT2 11 months ago
The best scene on TV.
44whf 1 year ago 3
Doesnt get much better than this huh folks.
heorap 1 year ago 5
Stop praying to a magic wizard in the sky and grow up.
This will solve more problems we can imagine.
walkingindec45 1 year ago
@walkingindec45 Grow up and open your mind to the possibility of something greater.
It may not solve any problems, but it will make you a less annoying person.
CommentorX 1 year ago
the song is a cover of "I Don't Like Mondays" sung by Tori Amos.
turtlewings 1 year ago
@turtlewings its a tori amos cover for a boomtown rats song
gb420 1 year ago
this is a time for american heroes and we reach for the stars......wow
tobiojo10 1 year ago 5
Aaron Sorkin was writing about 9/11.
Great writing, great actor, great tv series.
allinskinnycortez 1 year ago 5
"... we will do what is hard."
Channeling JFK in his voice at that moment.
aussiejed1 1 year ago 5
This has to be my favourite speech from The West Wing and there are a few good ones to choose from. 'I don't like Mondays' playing underneath is just genius as well- it adds that extra emotional layer. The best TV show ever made. FACT.
binton10186 1 year ago 7
Freak !
EssBennd 1 year ago 7
Through eight years of HELL, Josiah Bartlet was my president, and moments like this are why.
Karthos1000 1 year ago 118
@Karthos1000 Happy to be your 100th thumbs up :)
DeimosEclipse 3 months ago 2
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Labyr1nth 1 year ago
I don't like mondays....
(originally by THE BOOMTOWN RATS)
mitchcud 1 year ago
chills EVERY time I watch this.
mdessler9 1 year ago 74
My arms are covered in goosebumps right now. This show was simply put, perfect.
AnthonyJK1982 1 year ago 15
Just brilliant...
gabbs1 1 year ago 7
Amazing show, amazing episode, amazing moment, amazing speech, amazing song. Is there anything about the West Wing that is not so amazing it transcends the expected boundaries of greatness?
I want Bartlet to be my president. This show is what catapulted me from loving politics to actively wanting to find a man or woman like Jed Bartlet and put him or her in power, where they can change things and lead people.
grumpytosnowwhite 1 year ago 8
what song is this????
mkpacini 1 year ago
@mkpacini i dont like mondays - Tori Amos
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1BigBen 1 year ago
Perfect clip for Sept 11. Best tv drama ever.
utahjazzfan2 1 year ago 2
"They ran into the fire to help get people out. Ran IN to the fire." I am always reminded of this scene on Sept. 11...
DwAuN21 1 year ago 7
"They ran into the fire."
AirbusA380Rocks 1 year ago 5
God dammit, why did this show have to end?!?
agentdarkboote 1 year ago 7
@agentdarkboote because sorkin left and the writing went down hill. its hard to compete w/ sorkin
voiceofbooks 1 year ago
13 people need to explain themselves...
davidtanner213 1 year ago 12
Truly one of the greatest television shows of all time
bgdrewsif 1 year ago 8
Bruno was a genius and thats possibly the most heart warming speech ive ever heard
mikeasz 1 year ago
This is why a love this show. No other shows have this character or the feeling that is felt here. Martin Sheen portrays a president like no other. "This is a time for American heroes and we reach for the stars". A line I will remember forever.
Stonymypony 1 year ago 7
I heard this was inspired by Tom Hanks' speech when he won an oscar.
RedRedOC 1 year ago
This is a great speech its almost JFK ish.
MrSweedishberry 1 year ago 3
"when did you write that last part?"
"in the car."
"freak."
:D
EmiLovey10 1 year ago 15
I've never gone from getting choked up to bursting out in laughter so quickly. "Freak." XD
gitpicker85 1 year ago 7
This speech actually made me cry. So good that you can cry and laugh in a space on about 30 seconds in this programme. Love Bruno's comment at the end!
labour77 1 year ago 7
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. This clip renews my faith in human nature.
Well done to the West Wing team from an Aussie!!!
deckchair41 1 year ago 5
"Ran into the fire".... enuf said!!!!
Tequliawo 1 year ago
@Tequliawo "enuf" ( sic ) ....ugh!
squeaky00 1 year ago
"when after having heard the explosion from their practice facility they ran into the fire to help get people out... ran into the fire. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight. They're our students and our teachers and our parents and our friends. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels, but every time we think we have measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we're reminded that that capacity may well be limitless."
mzubrick 1 year ago 7
"Freak".
Love it.
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One of the things I realize watching this is that Barlet hooked his earlier speech in Indiana to the farmers ("reaching for the stars") into this one. You don't hear the entire speech at this dinner best I recall.
histre101 1 year ago
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You all do know that Josiah Bartlett really was the New Hampsire delegate and really did sign the Declaration of Independence, right??
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"Into the fire" always gives me goosebummps as well. Theres always that one moment in every episode that just gives you chills
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"When did you right that last part?"
"In the car."
"Freak."
one of the best lines of the entire series
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"When did he write that last part?" Meaning the president added the last bit not Sam.
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joeysmash0 1 year ago
Simly the best programme ever to hit our television screens.
yathink1 1 year ago 168
BRB, shaking and crying...
jaded110 1 year ago 3
I have watched this series so many times, and this clip countless more times and i still get choked up. Just amazing. !
badlesbian1983 1 year ago
Freak! Love it!
cjgrayside 2 years ago 2
"A hero would die for his country, but he'd much rather live for it"
-another great quote from Bartlet in West Wing series
DawnUnderHeavenA37 2 years ago 10
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> if an American President was anything like Bartket
> it would be a much better world
A much better world, yes--but only if he can get past the SANCTIMONIOUS APPEASERS who will condemn him for taking a stand against terrorism, for choosing to rescue those fleeing religious persecution in China, for choosing to accept those fleeing Cuba, etc.
. . .
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Churchill, Reagan, Thatcher, etc--all were dismissed and condemned until the threat became real, and promptly dismissed and condemned again when the threat had passed.
Even someone like Bartlet would not survive IN THE REAL WORLD if he does not have the courage to tell the critics and the pacifists to sod off.
THINK how many more condemn America than condemn Bin Laden, how many more condemn the EU when Russia uses energy supplies for blackmail, etc. Many of us are DELUDED PACIFISTS.
gagothesith 2 years ago
Damn, I'm not even American, in fact, I dislike (not hate, since I'm not actively out to destroy it) the old US of A...
Yet this speech makes me want to go skipping across the great big pond. Damn it, why can't we get any proud rhetoric like this from Sweden?
...
Oh yeah, our national pride was crippled after playing footsies with the Nazis during WWII. Yet another thing those bastards have to account for.
LordSia13 2 years ago 2
By far my favorite scene from West Wing....
SirJake43 2 years ago 4
I was in this episode. It was awesome to be a part of it.
chasedutahz 2 years ago
what a speech..one of my favorite west wing scenes.
CubsinNY 2 years ago 5
hey who knows the song to this?
gmn34red 2 years ago
It's a version of "I don't like mondays"
Seraph12345 2 years ago
performed by Tori Amos
Seraph12345 2 years ago
i don't like mondays
supretaco 2 years ago
"We did not seek, nor did we provoke, a confrontation with evil."
God, I wish I could write like that. This is one of the best endings to an episode ever on tv!
ag3150 2 years ago 6
I get chills and choke up everytime I hear this ! I love this speech so much !. I love this show !
badlesbian1983 2 years ago 2
That's what great writing and great acting is suppose to do :)
Berlitz777 2 years ago
This is one of the most fundamental and heartfelt speeches I have ever had the honour to hear, it always brings tears to my eyes. It is just my sincere hope, that one day a world leader will emerge, with the same compassion, intellect and panache that Martin Sheens character shows, be they, American, British or whomever. My heartfelt congratulations, on a marvellous show, that was the West Wing, may it continue to live on, as an example for generations to come! AJB
08EA009 2 years ago 223
@08EA009 I was looking for the longer clip of that speech. Incredible writing and incredible delivery by an incredible actor.
faceprecious 1 year ago 3
@faceprecious this is the whole clip of the speech from the show. definitely an amazing one!
Tobilover 1 year ago
@08EA009
Ditto, I miss this show.
Prime4571 1 year ago 3
That was for winkyMcGee....in case there's any confusion. :-)
swlondonlad20 2 years ago
Now that was a speech. We haven't had a President who could give a great speech since JFK.
mondo78 2 years ago 3
Really? The current one can't give a good speech?
WinkyMcGee 2 years ago 4
Maybe that's all he can give......? But hey, not my place to comment....even tho i just did. oops
swlondonlad20 2 years ago
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MONDO78:
> We haven't had a President who
> could give a great speech since JFK.
WINKYMcGEE:
> Really? The current one can't give a good speech?
1 The incumbent qualifies only if you consider nursery rhymes a mark of eloquence.
2 WJ Clinton could convery more empathy than anyone in recent history. And Reagan was the unrivalled Great Communicator.
gagothesith 2 years ago
This is actually only part of maybe the most amazing last five minutes of any episode of the show, except maybe "Shibboleth." The subsequent scene where Mallory comes to Sam's office, looking amazing - his speech in that scene might be the best thing Rob Lowe's ever done as an actor. And yes, I miss Ron Silver, too.
ericd1112 2 years ago
Ron Silver's character Bruno whatever was good when he led the re-election campaign for the president, but when he led Vinick's campaign, he became the biggest back-stabber on record.
govceo202 2 years ago 2
Perfection.....I've watched this dozens of times, and don't get tired of it.
welshingtonjones 2 years ago 7
This is from the episode 20 Hours in America Part II. It was the premiere of Season 4 of The West Wing. The end of the 4th Season is Zoey's kidnapping. Also, there were only 7 seasons of The West Wing.
MichaelQuotes 2 years ago
Wasn''t this the third season. I saw where someone said the fourth. But with Bruno and and all and running for reelection. I thought it was the third season as 4th - 8th dealt with the seond term. Isn't the end of the third season Zoey's kidnapping, which was after the reelection. From the speech and all I think it is the third shortly after 9/11.
faceprecious 2 years ago
Nope, fourth season. 2nd episode of a two parter. 20 hours in America.
theforeman118 2 years ago 2
sorry, 1st episode of the two parter
theforeman118 2 years ago
I love Bruno and Sam at the end.
And this segment never fails to bring a tear to my eye.
CatherineJuliet 2 years ago 4