“- 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 Irish people established the Irish Republic. It can only be disestablished by the Irish people.”
Alan Rickman - Eamon de Valera

“Today, democracy, liberty, and equality are words to fool the people. No nation can progress with such ideas.”
Henry Daniell - Garbitsch