“- Mayor Henry Manville: These books must be burned, Professor Sorel.
- Professor Sorel: By your order, Mr. Mayor? Or by order of the enemy?
- Mayor Henry Manville: Voltaire. Plato. The Republic. My dear friend, we have to be careful about that word: Republic.”
Thurston Hall - Mayor Henry Manville
Philip Merivale - Professor Sorel

“What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists, and the Republic has become the very evil we have been fighting to destroy?”
Natalie Portman - Padmé

“People just want to eat and sleep in peace. Without bread, there's no law, no freedom, no justice, no Republic.”
Gérard Depardieu - Danton

“- Fouquier-Tinville: You no longer have law on your side.
- Robespierre: When the Republic is at stake, we have every right. Never forget that. Say another word and you'll be arrested.”
Roger Planchon - Fouquier-Tinville
Wojciech Pszoniak - Robespierre

“- Marcy Tizard: Go back to your wife!
- Sean Kelly: My ex-wife. We're going through with the divorce.
- Marcy Tizard: They don't have divorce in Ireland.
- Sean Kelly: They do. It just got in.”
Janeane Garofalo - Marcy Tizard
David O'Hara - Sean Kelly