You can't force wit, it has to come organically

Take This Sabbath Day (1.14)

Toby: I had a strange experience this weekend. One of the PD's on the Cruz case, I guess trying the things you do when you're desperate, he went and spoke to my rabbi.

Bartlet: Jewish law doesn't prohibit -

Toby: I know.

Bartlet: The commandment does not say "Thou shalt not kill." It says "Thou shalt not murder."

Toby: I know. But the fact is that, even two thousand years ago, the rabbis of the Talmud couldn't stomach it. I mean, they weren't about to rewrite the Torah, but they came up with another way. They came up with legal restrictions, which make our criminal justice system look... They made it impossible for the state to punish someone by killing them.

Bartlet: We make it very hard to kill anybody in this country, Toby.

Toby: It should be impossible.

Bartlet: But it's not.

Toby: But it should be.