“- President Thomas J. Whitmore: I don't understand, where does all this come from? How do you get funding for something like this?
- Julius Levinson: You don't actually think they spend $20,000 on a hammer, $30,000 on a toilet seat, do you?”
Bill Pullman - President Thomas J. Whitmore
Judd Hirsch - Julius Levinson

“I can say without fear of contradiction, that under no circumstances, and at no time has that current administration expended any public money whatsoever for the purchase of the fluffy flower print toilet paper.”
George Wilson - Jim Richardson

“- Alexander Bullock: I don't mind giving the government 60% of what I make. But I can't do it when my family spends 50%!
- Irene Bullock: Why should the government get more money than your own family?”
Eugene Pallette - Alexander Bullock
Carole Lombard - Irene Bullock

“If you tell the government they will take forty percent of it. Forty percent! Do you know how much that is? That's nearly all of it.”

Lewis McGibbon - Anthony

“- Skip: Man, one thing I can't figure out. People be out of work everywhere and the government just be throwing money away!
- Kirby: That's Uncle Sam for you, son. Money to burn.”
Chris Tucker - Skip
Keith David - Kirby