The Deputy (TV Series)

Lady with a Mission (1960)

Jan Clayton: Agatha Stone

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Agatha Stone : Are we to be treated as only another possession by the men of this world, to be listed along with their cattle and their sheep? Oh, yes, we're good enough to bear their children, but not good enough to vote!

• Agatha Stone : Marshal, are you against our cause?

  Marshal Simon Fry : I ain't against anything that's legal, ma'am. It's a free country - you got a right to hold meetin's'; it's my job to protect your rights.

  Agatha Stone : Well, thank you, Marshal... I think.

• [Agatha rents a room above the saloon] 

  Herk Lamson : Marshal Fry asked me to look out for you, Miss Stone, but you sure ain't makin' it easy.

  Agatha Stone : Oh, you object to my staying here?

  Herk Lamson : Yes, ma'am.

  Agatha Stone : Well, thank you, Marshal. I appreciate your concern, but not the reason for it.

• Gloria Jennings : There's a word for those who desert a sinking ship.

  Agatha Stone : Oh, Gloria, you-you musn't blame them. Besides, that ship hasn't sunk yet.