“There's always a confused soul that thinks that one man can make a difference. And you have to kill him to convince him otherwise. That's the hassle with democracy.”
Ned Beatty - Senator Charles F. Meachum

“What is the future of a democracy where a President can be assassinated under suspiciouscircumstances while the machinery of legal action scarcely trembles? How many more political murders disguised as heart attacks, suicides, cancers, drug overdoses? How many plane and car crashes will occur before they are exposed for what they are?”
Kevin Costner - Jim Garrison

“- Henry Kissinger: If a Rockefeller can't be the President of the United States then what is the point of democracy?
- Richard M. Nixon: The point of democracy is that even the son of a grocer can become President.”
Paul Sorvino - Henry Kissinger
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Richard M. Nixon

- Patrick Harper: We don't want to go south, sir.
- Richard Sharpe: And what the hell do I care what you and the lads want, eh? You think the British Army's a bloody dem... Dem...
- Harris: Democracy, sir. Comes from the Greek word "demos" and means "rule by"...
- Richard Sharpe: Shut up, Harris!
Daragh O'Malley - Harper
Sean Bean - Sharpe
Jason Salkey - Harris

“- Eric Liddell: The Kingdom of God is not a democracy. The Lord never seeks re-election. There are no referenda on which road to take. There's one right, one wrong, one absolute ruler.
- Sandy McGrath: A dictator you mean?
- Eric Liddell: Aye, but a benign loving dictator.”
Ian Charleson - Eric Liddell
Struan Rodger - Sandy McGrath