“- Neo: We control these machines; they don't control us.
- Councillor Harmann: Of course not. How could they? The idea is pure nonsense. It does make one wonder: what is control?
- Neo: If we wanted, we could shut these machines down.
- Councillor Harmann: That's it. You hit it. That's control, isn't it?”
Keanu Reeves - Neo
Anthony Zerbe - Councillor Hamann

“I like to be reminded this city survives because of these machines. These machines keep us alive, while other machines are coming to kill us. Interesting, isn't it? The power to give life, and the power to end it.”
Anthony Zerbe - Councillor Hamann

“Whoever controls technology controls the world. The Roman empire ruled the world because they built roads. The British empire ruled the world because they built ships. America; the atom bomb. And so on and so forth.”
Kevin Spacey - Lex Luthor

“With modern medical technology I could probably give a glass of water all the vital signs necessary to be legally alive. And I can end his life any time I want just by turning a knob.”
James Spader - Dr. Werner Ernst

“Computers rule the world today. And the fellow that can fool the computers, can rule the world himself.”
Robert Vaughn - Ross Webster