“- Katherine Newbury: Walter, I have invested in precisely two things my entire life, you and this show. I won’t lose it now! I can’t!
- Walter Lovell: Then you have to fight again. Something you haven’t had to do for a long, long time. They want to replace you. But they can’t replace you if everyone loves you.”
Emma Thompson - Katherine Newbury
John Lithgow - Walter Lovell

“All you people don't know about lost causes. Mr. Paine does. He said once they were the only causes worth fighting for and he fought for them once. For the only reason any man ever fights for them. Because of just one plain simple rule. Love thy neighbor.”
Jimmy Stewart - Jefferson Smith

“Look, I fight for what's mine, I make no apologies. You can call me a ballbuster but it's just the way I am.”
Mercedes Ruehl - Connie Russo

“What really matters is that you do what you think is right, what you believe in, and you surround yourself with the people you care about in this world. That's what counts in this life.”
Brian Dennehy

“The Germans and the Italians couldn't get rid of us. There is absolutely no reason why we should surrender to the Scots.”
Maggie Smith - Lady Hester Random