“Elections are won with television. You don't need the press, you don't need endorsements, you don't even need the truth. You need money.”
Ron Silverin - McComb

“When you look at Kennedy and Nixon, TV played a crucial part in Kennedy's popularity. He was incredibly photogenic, while Nixon was this scowling figure. American viewers judged him on his appearance on TV.”
Peyton Reed

“I made no campaign promises, because until a few weeks ago, I had no hope of being elected. Now however, I am something more than a hope.”

Orson Welles - Kane

“- Kane: It's obvious the people prefer Jim Gettys to me.
- Jedediah Leland: You talk about the people as though you owned them, as though they belong to you. As long as I can remember, you've talked about giving the people their rights, as if you can make them a present of liberty, as a reward for services rendered.”
Orson Welles - Kane
Joseph Cotten - Jedediah Leland

“- Edith Bolling Galt: That's the last straw! You've got to do something about it. They've no right to say such things about you, even to win an election.
- Woodrow Wilson: They weren't talking about me. That's what they said about Abraham Lincoln when he was running for reelection in 1864.”

Geraldine Fitzgerald - Edith Bolling Galt
Alexander Knox - Woodrow Wilson