- Taylor Warren: Do you call yourself a Republican so you can make a claim to credibility when you attack the GOP?
- Will McAvoy: No, I call myself a Republican 'cause I am one. I believe in market solutions, and I believe in common sense realities and the necessity to defend ourselves against a dangerous world and that's about it. Problem is now I have to be homophobic. I have to count the number of times people go to church. I have to deny facts and think scientific research is a long con. I have to think poor people are getting a sweet ride. And I have to have such a stunning inferiority complex that I fear education and intellect in the 21st century. But most of all, the biggest new requirement, really the only requirement, is that I have to hate Democrats. And I have to hate Chris Christie for not spitting on the President when he got off Air Force One. The two-party system is crucial to the whole operation. There is honor in being the loyal opposition. And I'm a Republican for the same reasons you are. So I hope your voice gets louder in the next four years.
- Jim Harper: You're working two jobs. You're thoughtful and you're authentic. And I have never seen you sneer at anyone or anything. There is, believe me, no one you're not good enough for, and there's hardly anyone good enough for you. Including, it turned out, me.
- Will McAvoy: [to the entire newsroom] I'd like to introduce to you, the future Mrs. MacKenzie Morgan McHale McA--
- [to MacKenzie]
- Will McAvoy: Oh, that's never going to work, is it?
- Neal Sampat: [after a long silence] WHAT!
- Maggie Jordan: There's a difference between being tough and wanting to be. You and Mac are tough. Don's tough. I want to be.
- Jim Harper: You are.