“Ladies and gentlemen I give you my rival. It is extraordinary that anyone could be so fond and so proud of their most implacable enemy - this ship. God bless this ship and all who sail in her.”

Celia Johnson - Mrs. Alix Kinross

“- Mary Todd Lincoln: Stephen Douglas has arrived. Listen to them cheering for him!
- Abe Lincoln: They ought to cheer. He paid them enough for it.”

Ruth Gordon - Mary Todd Lincoln
Raymond Massey - Abe Lincoln

“- Emily Monroe Norton Kane: Sometimes I think I'd prefer a rival of flesh-and-blood.
- Kane: Oh Emily, I don't spend that much time on the newspaper.
- Emily Monroe Norton Kane: It isn't just the time. It's what you print - attacking the President.”
Ruth Warrick - Emily Monroe Norton Kane
Orson Welles - Kane

“A very clear motive. One of the oldest motives in criminal history. Jealousy. Why, you may find it preposterous to believe that a man of his years and timid character could become so enamored with a young woman as to commit an act of violence to dispose of a handsome and vigorous rival.”

George Coulouris - Prosecutor

“I will slap you man! I will slap the hell outta you. You don't know who you messing with. I don't even know when I'm gonna slap somebody. My reflexes just slap people.”
Chris Tucker - Franklin Hatchett