Margaret: Can I - can I just say something for the future? Leo: Yeah.Margaret: I can sign the President's name. I have his signature down pretty good. Leo: You can sign the President's name? Margaret: Yeah.Leo: On a document removing him from power and handing it to someone else? Margaret: Yeah! Or.. do you think the White House Counsel would say that was a bad idea? Leo: I think the White House Counsel would say it was a coup d'etat! Margaret: Well. I'd probably end up doing some time for that. Leo: I would think. And what the hell were you doing practicing the President's signature? Margaret: It was just for fun. .Aaron Sorkin
About This Quote
The above quote is a metaphor of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of Great Britain. She was asked if she would be able to sign the President's name on a document that would remove him from power and hand it to someone else. She said she might end up doing some time for that but would still do it.
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