- Olivia Pope: [sitting stunned in a hospital hallway] We're going to win the election now. They lost their child. America will rally behind them.
- Cyrus Beene: We're going to win. I hadn't really thought about it.
- Olivia Pope: I did. A child is dead, and that's the first thing that popped into my head.
- Cyrus Beene: I was going to let that church blow up with everyone in it.
- Olivia Pope: How did we get like this? When did we stop being people?
- Cyrus Beene: Were we ever people? Or did serving at the pleasure of the president just help us to shed our pesky skins and unmask us as the monsters we really are?
- [first lines]
- President Fitzgerald Grant: [practicing his speech] Members of the Hightower family, distinguished guests, my fellow Americans. It is a great honor and privilege for me to be here with you today. Today we remember and say goodbye to a man who loved his country, madly. A man who worked to better his country, profoundly.
- Cyrus Beene: [letting a call going to voice mail] You've reached Cyrus Beene, please leave a message.