- Prof. Joshua L. Adams: With her brain and education, she'd probably make a good governor, if she used her heart, too.
- Eddie Ace: Charlie's been at City Hall for the past 30 years.
- Margaret Wyndham Chase: Really?
- Eddie Ace: And Nick doesn't work either.
- Prof. Joshua L. Adams: Politics is a sacred trust, not to be worn in one's hat like an adornment - nor in one's hip pocket as a blackjack!
- Pencil: When a gal from the top drawer invites a guy from the bottom drawer, she ain't lookin' to break even.
- Eddie Ace: Beautiful women don't belong in politics.
- Margaret Wyndham Chase: Where do they belong?
- Eddie Ace: Where do you think?
- Eddie Ace: You'll try anything, won't you? Front door, back door, upstairs window if you can't get in any other way.
- Eddie Ace: Yeah, I'm figurin' on a payoff.
- Prof. Joshua L. Adams: Well, what is it?
- Eddie Ace: A good long rest and a chance to go to heaven.
- Eddie Ace: Never promise the voters more than they'll believe. On your record, I wouldn't believe you if you promised to become a woman.
- Prof. Joshua L. Adams: [to Margaret] I don't object to women in politics. I object to you in politics.
- Margaret Wyndham Chase: [after hearing herself on radio] If you ever start to feel you've become important, just listen to your own voice.