- Mayor Moe Carson: I demand a little respect.
- Lester Cadwalader, Sr.: You're getting it... very little.
- [In a debate]
- Lemuel P. Twin: The other side has been robbing us for 20 years. Why not give us a chnace.
- Mayor Moe Carson: I want tax reform, school reform...
- Lemuel P. Twin: Give him chloroform.
- [The Twine family ghosts want to help Lemuel win the election, but a ghostly matriarch objects]
- Agatha: Since when have we become trouble-shooters for dimwit mortals?
- Agatha: Very well, if you can't keep a civil tongue in your mouth, I'll thank you for my trumpet and be gone.