“- 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

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

“- Blade: We'll play along for now. They'll take us in deeper than we've ever been. Get a chance to see how their world really ticks.
- Whistler: I had enough of their world. They're just shitting bricks just because they're no longer top of the food chain.”
Wesley Snipes - Blade
Kris Kristofferson - Whistler

“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