“- Nina Romina: How much of this can we show?
- Linda: You mean, legally?
- Nina Romina: No, morally; of course, legally.”
Rene Russo - Nina Romina
Ann Cusack - Linda

“A reporter has the right to do things an ordinary person shouldn't.”
Bonita Granville - Nancy Drew

“- Walter Burns: You've got the brain of a pancake. This isn't just a story you're covering - it's a revolution. This is the greatest yarn in journalism since Livingstone discovered Stanley.
- Hildy Johnson: It's the other way around.”
Cary Grant - Walter Burns
Rosalind Russell - Hildy Johnson

“- John Jones: Foreign correspondent, huh?
- Mr. Powers: No, reporter. I don't want correspondence, I want news.”

Joel McCrea - John Jones
Harry Davenport - Mr. Powers

“Yes, yes, I hate you all. When I'm President I'll have you all killed.”

Jay O. Sanders - Senator John McGlory