Leslie, delirious with flu and barely able to walk, escapes from the hospital to give a masterful speech to the Pawnee Chamber of Commerce drumming up support for a community project. The awesomeness is in no way diminished by her immediately, upon the speech's conclusion, becoming completely incoherent again. An awed Ben says in a talking head:
That was amazing. That was a flu-ridden Michael Jordan at the '97 NBC Finals. That was Kirk Gibson hobbling up to the plate and hitting a homer off of Dennis Eckersley. That was... that was Leslie Knope.
Ron Swanson telling off Tammy in "Ron and Tammy 2".
Tammy: You're not even a man anymore. I faked four of the seven orgasms last night. Ron: So did I.
The Harvest Festival episode showed that Ron Swanson is a man who would instantly solve everyone's problem just to shut them up.
Ron: All of you be quiet. Andy, she’s mad because you said “awesome sauce” instead of “I love you too." April, he loves you. Stop being a child. Tom, you’re clearly at fault here. Blaming Jerry won’t save you. Jerry, we both know you were shotgunning funnel cakes instead of watching Lil Sebastian. So everyone apologize to everyone else!
Ron explaining to Chris why the changes he made to the Parks and Rec dept. aren't working and making everyone miserable. Before agreeing to a compromise of staying at the circular desk Chris made him use for a week while the rest change back to normal, Ron demonstrates great insight to his employees.
Ron: Tom only performs when there's someone to impress, so marooning him on 'Freak Island' isn't helping anyone. And you made April assistant to everyone? You know who April hates? Everyone. And Jerry can only function when noone's looking. You shine a light on him and he shrinks up faster than an Eskimo's scrotum.
In "Ron & Tammys" A drinking contest is held between Ron's mother and his first wife and the winner gets Ron to come with her. They drink 'Swanson family mash liquor', a whose "legal use is to strip the varnish off of speedboats". Wanting Ron to stay a the office, Leslie joins in and gets drunk after a couple of shots. April takes one sip, spits it out and collapses. Finally wanting to end this and decide his own fate, Ron takes the jug in one hand and drinks down the rest of it with no problem.
In "Bowling for Votes" Ben punches out a potential Jerk Ass voter who called Leslie a "bitch". Leslie even says right afterward that it was "awesome" and kisses him.
Leslie's speech during her campaign in response to the Newports threatening to leave Pawnee and take their candy business with them if Bobby Newport doesn't get elected.
I’m very angry. I’m angry that Bobby Newport would hold this town hostage and threaten to leave if you don’t give him what he wants. It’s despicable. Corporations are not allowed to dictate what a city needs. That power belongs to the people. Bobby Newport and his daddy would like you to think it belongs to them. I love this town, and when you love something you don’t threaten it. You don’t punish it. You fight for it, you take care of it, you put it first. As your City Councilor, I’ll make sure that no one takes advantage of Pawnee. If I seem too passionate, it’s because I care. If I come on strong, it’s because I feel strongly, and if I push too hard, it’s because things aren’t moving fast enough. This is my home, you are my family, and I promise you, I’m not going anywhere.
When Leslie wins.
Ron and Ben's father reaching for the last shrimp at the party. Yes, basically Ron Swanson and Mike Ehrmantraut staring each other down.
Ron's friends decided to have a sudden wedding. But they can't find wedding rings in time. Ron does what any person would do : Extract a lamp from the wall, and then develop a pair of rings using the metal from the lamp - Liquifying the metal and all.
Ron: People who buy things are suckers.
Ron Swanson punching Councilman Jamm in the face.
Ann getting a reluctant April to sing Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" with her and Donna suddenly joining in.
