“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

“- 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

“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

“The problem with the Irish is that they'll sing at the drop of a hat, but ask them to talk and they won't.”
Charles Dance - Soames