- Stephen Fitzgerald: Well, you stay here in the car in case someone comes along, and I'll scout up the road a bit. Must lead somewhere.
- Bill Clark: Don't be sure. Irish paths are whimsical - like the Irish character.
- Stephen Fitzgerald: I thought the traditional thing for leprechauns was a glass of milk.
- Tatie: [Offended] Milk! Good night, Mr. Fitzgerald!
- Sen. Ransom: How much do you want for Mr. Fitzgerald, D.C.?
- David C. Augur: He's not for sale.
- Sen. Ransom: [Cynically] Really? I understood he was.
- Stephen Fitzgerald: You don't believe in the old superstitions?
- Tatie: I believe what my father knew and his father before him.
- Stephen Fitzgerald: Let me see that map. Well, the road isn't even marked.
- Bill Clark: That's the Irish of it.
- Stephen Fitzgerald: [to D.C. Augur] My agreement with you calls for perjury, but not under my own byline.
- David C. Augur: Do you know the oldest and noblest occupation of them all?
- Stephen Fitzgerald: I think so.
- David C. Augur: [after an embarrassing pause] I mean politics.
- Stephen Fitzgerald: Well, you'll admit there are certain points of similarity.
- Frances Augur: You needn't smile quite so cordially when you tip hat check girls. Gives them ideas.
- Stephen Fitzgerald: Well, she gave me a couple.
- Frances Augur: Of course, you'd use the power for good, Fitz, but the important thing is to have it.