Mulder: According to the literature, Abe Lincoln was a walk-in. And Mikhail Gorbachev. And Charles Colson, Nixon’s advisor. Scully: Not Nixon? Mulder: No. Not even they want to claim Nixon.

Mulder: That's no mean claim. Dr. Adam Pierce: Daniel always had a flair for self-dramatization. Scully: I'd always heard he was brilliant. Pierce: Brilliant doesn't go quite far enough. Pierce: Daniel and I... I always played Salieri to his Mozart. I was never quite on the same plane of intellect. This time I found him…