“- Charlie: I lied, that only makes us even. I don't see what it has to do with my politics.
- Joseph: Possibly they're as much a lie as your past.”
Diane Keaton - Charlie
Yorgo Voyagis - Joseph

“There are always two occupations open to those who have failed at everything else: school teaching and politics.”

Louis Jean Heydt - Mentor Graham

“My father, gentlemen, claims that the government has neither wisdom nor humanity. I will then consider it my duty as my father's son to bring both wisdom and humanity to the United states' Congress. I thank you for your blessing, father.”
Aidan Quinn - Alfred Ludlow

“My business was with his wounds, not his politics.”

Errol Flynn - Peter Blood

“- Boss Tom Prendergast: I've got a job for you.
- Harry S. Truman: Well, that's mighty nice of you. What's the job, dog-catcher?
- Boss Tom Prendergast: How would you like to run for Congress?
- Harry S. Truman: Well, Jesus Christ and General Jackson. The answer's yes.”
Pat Hingle - Boss Tom Pendergast
Gary Sinise - Harry S. Truman