Senator Melvin G. Ashton: [to Houlihan] Owning a nice little diary is like owning a nice little atom bomb. Even if you don't do anything with it, it's a comfort to know it's there.

- William Powell in The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)

Senator Melvin G. Ashton: There's one thing you can't say about me, Fred, I have never put one man or woman on the public payroll who was not my own blood kin-or Mrs. Ashton's, anyway.

- William Powell in The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)

Houlihan: [to Ashton] No member of the party has the right to deny he is not a candidate unless he is a candidate.

- Ray Collins in The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)

Lew Gibson: [to Poppy] You can't go around quoting politicians correctly! That's dirty journalism and you know it!

- Peter Lind Hayes in The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)

Lew Gibson: [to the Indian chiefs] Now, remember, you're Indians.

- Peter Lind Hayes in The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)