Repartees 1 Thomas Reed vs. Henry Clay 2 Winston Churchill vs. Lady Astor 3 NYC Mayor Ed Koch vs. Andrew Kirtzman, after the reporter insisted on pressing a point about an inconsistent statement Koch had made 4 Groucho Marx vs. a contestant on "You Bet Your Life" after the contestant revealed that he was a father of 10 5 Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen Douglas, after Douglas calle..