“- Danton: The same men mustn't stay in power too long.
- Robespierre: You aspire to power?
- Danton: I don't need to aspire to power. I have it. The only real power: from the man in the street. Because I understand him and he understands me. Never forget that.”
Gérard Depardieu - Danton
Wojciech Pszoniak - Robespierre

“All that power in one place, boy. Hitler would have loved the IRS. So would Napoleon and Caesar, they'd understand it. I don't.”
Edward Herrmann - Harry Johnson

“Men don't understand power. They think all it's good for is getting more.”
Lana Clarkson - Princess Athalia

“Trying to make these policemen understand something is harder than doing it yourself.”
Billie Burke - Mrs. Topper

“This government of ours doesn't realise what sort of a world we're living in.”
David Horne - Evans, Foreign Editor