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April 16

April 16 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * Curse on all laws but those which love has made! ~ Alexander Pope
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. ~ Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator (born 16 April 1889)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. ~ Yeshua (Jesus Christ) (Easter Sunday 2006)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2007
 * The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. ~ Anatole France (born 16 April 1844)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. ~ Anatole France
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2009
 * What one man can do himself directly is but little. If however he can stir up ten others to take up the task he has accomplished much. ~ Wilbur Wright
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously. ~ Peter Ustinov
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2011
 * It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be. ~ Anatole France
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2012
 * It is by acts, and not by ideas that people live. ~ Anatole France
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2013

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2014

 * proposed by Zarbon; this originally was selected as having been a quote of Anatole France, to whom it had sometimes been attributed to since the 1990s. During the day it was used as QOTD, this was found to be a misattribution, and the proper attribution given to William Feather.

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki (but mistakenly attributed to Anatole France)

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki for Easter Sunday 2017.

 * 2018

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki, in regard to the massively destructive fire at Notre-Dame de Paris.

 * 2020

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki; recent remarks regarding the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill. This I conceive to be fortunate, for man, by reason of his greater intellect, can more reasonably hope to equal birds in knowledge than to equal nature in the perfection of her machinery... ~ Wilbur Wright (born 16 April 1867)
 * 3 Kalki 14:54, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 09:39, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 2. Something very similar used on December 17. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 21:02, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 23:50, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

There was no end to the ways in which nice things are nicer than nasty ones. ~ Kingsley Amis (born 16 April 1922)
 * 3 Kalki 14:54, 10 April 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 09:39, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 3. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 21:02, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 23:50, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Why did my parents send me to the schools That I with knowledge might enrich my mind? Since the desire to know first made men fools, And did corrupt the root of all mankind. ~ John Davies
 * 3 Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 01:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

What can we know, or what can we discern, When error chokes the windows of the mind, The diverse forms of things, how can we learn, That have been ever from our birthday blind? ~ John Davies
 * 2 Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 01:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

I know my life's a pain and but a span, I know my sense is mocked with everything; And to conclude, I know myself a man, Which is a proud and yet a wretched thing. ~ John Davies
 * 3 Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 01:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them. ~ Peter Ustinov
 * 3 Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 01:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy. ~ Peter Ustinov
 * 3 Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come. ~ Peter Ustinov
 * 3 Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Things which seemed reasonable were often found to be untrue, and things which seemed unreasonable were sometimes true. ~ Wilbur Wright
 * 2 Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 01:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.

Be glad you're fifty — and That you got there while things were nice, In a world worth looking at twice. So here's wishing you many more years, But not all that many. Cheers! ~ Kingsley Amis
 * 3 Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 01:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Suffering — how divine it is, how misunderstood! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues. ~ Anatole France
 * 3 and strong lean toward 4. Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 01:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one. ~ Anatole France
 * 3 Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 01:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.

He had no knowledge and had no desire to acquire any; wherein he conformed to his genius whose engaging fragility he forbore to overload; his instinct fortunately telling him that it was better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot. ~ Anatole France
 * 2 Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 01:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil. ~ Anatole France
 * 3 Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 01:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything. ~ Anatole France
 * 3 Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 01:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the wisdom of indifference. ~ Anatole France
 * 3 Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 01:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them. ~ Anatole France
 * 3 Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 01:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever. ~ Anatole France
 * 3 Zarbon 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 09:20, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 09:20, 15 April 2015 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 09:20, 15 April 2015 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 09:20, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 09:20, 15 April 2015 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 09:20, 15 April 2015 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

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Talk:Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

What have I done?
I added these:

 * "Oh, it's you that owns that ghastly car - we often see it when driving to Windsor Castle." (2001)
 * ''Talking to Elton John after he told Prince Philip that he had sold his gold colour Aston Martin.

-> Note, should it be included, that this was at a sports gala?
 * "The only active sport I will follow is polo - and most of the work is done by the pony." (1965)

 * "Oh! You are the people ruining the rivers and the enviroment." (1999)
 * ''Said when he met three young employees of a scotish fish farm.

Also I have this one as well:

Philip: "Who are you?"

Kelner: "I'm the editor-in-chief of 'The Independent', Sir"

Philip: "What are you doing here?"

Kelner: "You invited me, Sir."

Philip: "Well, you didn't hve to come."

It's dated April 2002.

Wasn't sure of the format of that to be added. -- by MJ

Intelligence Not a Job Qualification
As some of the remarks illustrate, intelligence is not one of the qualifications for the job.

130.13.6.180 14:48, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Unsourced

 * There's a lot of your family in tonight.
 * Said in November 2009 to a Mr Patel (a common Indian surname) at a reception for 400 British Indian businessmen at Buckingham Palace

 * I am actually a large piece of cheese. (1953)
 * To Francesco De Burgemile, upon hearing of his whimsy of gullibility.

 * Where did you get that hat? (1953)
 * To his wife, the Queen, immediately after her coronation

 * The only active sport I will follow is polo - and most of the work is done by the pony. (1965)

 * The bastards murdered half my family. (1967)
 * When asked if he would like to visit the Soviet Union.

 * I'm one of those stupid bums who never went to university, and a fat lot of harm it's done me. (circa 1968)

 * What do you gargle with - pebbles? (1969)
 * Said to Tom Jones after the The Royal Variety Performance

 * You must be out of your minds. (1982)
 * To Solomon Islanders on being told that their population growth was 5% a year

 * Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species in the world. (1991)
 * Said in Thailand after accepting a conservation award

 * If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats? (1996)
 * Said amid calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting

 * Bloody silly fool! (1997)
 * Referring to a Cambridge University car park attendant who failed to recognise him

 * Oh! You are the people ruining the rivers and the environment. (1999)
 * Said when he met three young employees of a Scottish fish farm

 * Oh, it's you that owns that ghastly car - we often see it when driving to Windsor Castle. (2001)
 * Talking to Elton John after he told Prince Philip that he had sold his gold Aston Martin

 * You were playing your instruments, weren't you? Or do you have tape recorders under your seats? (2002)
 * Said to a children's band in Australia

 * If you travel as much as we do you appreciate how much more comfortable aircraft have become. Unless you travel in something called economy class, which sounds ghastly. (2002)
 * Commenting during the Jubilee tour

 * The problem with London is the tourists. They cause the congestion. If we could just stop tourism, we could stop the congestion. (2002)
 * Commenting on the London traffic debate after mayor Ken Livingstone launched his plan to charge motorists £5 to enter the city

 * French cooking's all very well, but they can't do a decent English breakfast. (2002)
 * Aboard the floating restaurant 'Il Punto' on the river Orwell in Ipswich, after thoroughly enjoying an excellent full English breakfast (Il Punto is owned by Frenchman Regis Crepy)

 * It is surprising the way things have changed since I first became chancellor of a university 50 years ago. (2003)
 * Source: Opening a new research centre at the University of York
 * The statement was widely misrepresented as referring to the University of York itself, rather than the University of Edinburgh, of which Prince Philip is Chancellor. (The York Chancellor at the time was Janet Baker, and the university was celebrating its fortieth anniversary.)

 * It doesn't look like much work goes on at this University. (2005)
 * Overheard at Bristol University's BLADE (Bristol Laboratory for Advanced Dynamic Engineering) facility, which had been closed in order that he and the Queen could officially open it

 * You look like you're ready for bed!
 * Said to the President of Nigeria, who was dressed in traditional robes.

 * Never pass up a chance to go to the loo or to take a poo.
 * When asked his secret for dealing with public appearances.

 * If people feel it has no further part to play, then for goodness sake, let's end the thing on amicable terms without having a row about it.
 * On sentiment against the British monarchy.

 * If you see a man opening a car door for a woman, it means one of two things: it's either a new woman or a new car!

 * Edinburgh: And what exotic part of the world do you come from? Lord Taylor: I'm from Birmingham. (1999)
 * An exchange with Lord Taylor of Warwick, who is black.

 * Brazilians live there.
 * Prince Philip on the "key problem" facing Brazil.

 * Do we need ear plugs?
 * At the Royal Premiere of the James Bond film Die Another Day, on being told that Madonna sang the theme song.

 * Damn fool question!
 * Said to BBC journalist Caroline Wyatt after she asked Queen Elizabeth if she was enjoying her stay in Paris.

 * Any bloody fool can lay a wreath at the thingamy.
 * From an interview with Jeremy Paxman

 * Now I'm sure you're aware Prince Philip is a ninety-years-old man whose entire job is to walk two paces behind his wife and make inappropriate comments.
 * Australian comedian Adam Hill

Charles told reporters, wearing a black necktie of mourning. The second part of that sentence is pretty ridiculous!!

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June 2006
Please stop adding nonsense to Wikiquote, as you did to Mar. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. —LrdChaos 13:40, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

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NO WHY DONT U STOP U FAT CRAP

November 2006
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Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is a 1999 space opera film. It is the first film of the Star Wars prequel trilogy. The film follows with two Jedi Knights, who flee the planet Naboo with the planet's queen Padme Amidala in the hope of finding a peaceful end to a trade dispute. Along the way, the ship must stop for repairs on the planet Tatooine, where the Jedi encounter Anakin Skywalker, a young slave boy who is unusually strong with the Force. When the group returns to Naboo, they realize that the situation is much worse than they thought — the evil Sith Lords have returned.
 * Written and directed by George Lucas.

Every Generation Has A Legend. Every Journey Has A First Step. Every Saga Has A Beginning. (taglines)

Opening crawl
Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade of deadly battleships, the greedy Trade Federation has stopped all shipping to the small planet of Naboo. While the congress of the Republic endlessly debates this alarming chain of events, the Supreme Chancellor has secretly dispatched two Jedi Knights, the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy, to settle the conflict....
 * Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute.

Ki-Adi-Mundi

 * Impossible. The Sith have been extinct for a millennium.

Yoda

 * Hard to see, the dark side is.

Mace Windu

 * I do not believe the Sith could've returned without us knowing.
 * We will use all our resources to unravel this mystery. We will discover the identity of your attacker. May the Force be with you.
 * You refer to the prophecy of the one who will bring balance to the Force. You believe it's this boy?

Dialogue

 * Obi-Wan Kenobi: I have a bad feeling about this.
 * Qui-Gon Jinn: I don't sense anything.
 * Obi-Wan: It's not about the mission, Master. It's something... elsewhere. Elusive.
 * Qui-Gon: Don't center on your anxieties, Obi-Wan. Keep your concentration here and now, where it belongs.
 * Obi-Wan: But Master Yoda said I should be mindful of the future.
 * Qui-Gon: But not at the expense of the moment. Be mindful of the living Force, young Padawan.
 * Obi-Wan: Yes, Master. How do you think this Trade Viceroy will deal with the Chancellor's demands?
 * Qui-Gon: These Federation types are cowards. The negotiations will be short.

 * Darth Sidious: What is it?
 * Daultay Dofine: [interrupts] This scheme of yours has failed, Lord Sidious. The blockade is finished. We dare not go against the Jedi.
 * Sidious: Viceroy, I don't want this stunted slime in my sight again. [Daultay leaves] This turn of events is unfortunate. We must accelerate our plans. Begin landing your troops.
 * Nute Gunray: My Lord! Is that... legal?
 * Sidious: I will make it legal.
 * Gunray: And the Jedi?
 * Sidious: The Chancellor should never have brought them into this! Kill them immediately!
 * Gunray: Yes... yes, my Lord. As you wish.

 * Tey How: Sir, a transmission from the planet.
 * Rune Haako: It is Queen Amidala herself!
 * Gunray: At last, we are getting results. Again, you come before us, your highness. We are very pleased.
 * Queen Padmé Amidala: You will not be so pleased when you hear what I have to say, Viceroy. Your trade boycott of our planet has ended.
 * Gunray: I was not aware of such failure.
 * Padmé: I have word that the Chancellor's ambassadors are with you now, and that you've been commanded to reach a settlement.
 * Gunray: I know nothing of any ambassadors. You must be... mistaken.
 * Padmé: Beware, Viceroy. The Federation has gone too far, this time.
 * Gunray: We would never do anything without the approval of the Senate. You assume too much.
 * Padmé: We'll see. [ends the transmission and the screen goes blank]
 * Haako: She's right. The Senate will never―
 * Gunray: It's too late now!
 * Haako: Do you think she suspects an attack?
 * Gunray: I don't know, but we must move quickly to disrupt all communications down there!

 * Qui-Gon: You almost got us killed! Are you brainless?
 * Jar Jar Binks: I speck!
 * Qui-Gon: The ability to speak does not make you intelligent. Now get out of here.
 * Binks: No, no! Mesa stay! Mesa called Jar Jar Binks! Mesa your humble servant!
 * Qui-Gon: That won't be necessary.
 * Binks: Oh, but it is! 'Tis demanded by the gods, it is!

 * Qui-Gon: Do you hear that?
 * [a rumbling is heard in the distance]
 * Binks: Yeah.
 * Qui-Gon: That is the sound of a thousand terrible things headed this way.
 * Obi-Wan: If and when they find us, they will crush us, grind us into tiny pieces and blast us into oblivion!
 * Binks: Hmmm... yousa point is well seen. This way. Hurry!

 * Sidious: And Queen Amidala... has she signed the treaty?
 * Gunray: She has disappeared, my lord. One Naboo cruiser got past the blockade.
 * Sidious: [annoyed] I want that treaty signed!
 * Gunray: My Lord... it's impossible to locate the ship! It's out of our range!
 * Sidious: Not for a Sith. [hologram of Darth Maul appears in front of Viceroy Gunray] This is my apprentice, Darth Maul. He will find your lost ship. [holograms of Sidious and Maul fade]
 * Gunray: This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them!
 * Rune Haako: We should not have made this bargain.

 * Anakin Skywalker: Are you an angel?
 * Padmé: What?!
 * Anakin: An angel. I heard the deep space pilots talk about them. They're the most beautiful creatures in the universe. They live on the moons of Iego, I think.
 * Padmé: You're a funny little boy. How do you know so much?
 * Anakin: I listen to all the traders and star pilots who come through here. I'm a pilot, you know, and someday, I'm gonna fly away from this place.
 * Padmé: You're a pilot?
 * Anakin: Mm-hmm. All my life.
 * Padmé: How long have you been here?
 * Anakin: Since I was little. Three, I think. My Mom and I were sold to Gardulla the Hutt, but she lost us betting on the pod races.
 * Padmé: You're a slave? What's your name?
 * Anakin: I'm a person, and my name is Anakin. Anakin Skywalker, to be more precise.
 * Padmé: I'm sorry. I don't fully understand; this is a strange place to me.

 * Watto: Here it is... a T-14 hyperdrive generator! Thee in luck, I'm the only one hereabouts who has one...but thee might as well buy a new ship. It would be cheaper, I think. Saying of which, how's thee going to pay for all this?
 * Qui-Gon: I have 20,000 republic dataries...
 * Watto: Republic credits? Republic credits are no use out here. I need something different, something more real...
 * Qui-Gon: I don't have anything else, but credits will do fine. [waves his hand, attempting to use the Jedi mind trick]
 * Watto: No, they won't-a.
 * Qui-Gon: Credits will do fine. [tries the mind trick again]
 * Watto: No, they won't-a! What, you think you're some kind of Jedi, waving your hand around like that? I'm a Toydarian. Mind tricks don't work on me; only money. No money! No parts! No deal! And no one else has a T-14 hyperdrive, I promise you that.

 * Darth Maul: Tatooine is sparsely populated. If the trace was correct, I will find them quickly, Master.
 * Darth Sidious: Move against the Jedi first. You will then have no difficulty taking the Queen back to Naboo to sign the treaty.
 * Maul: At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last we will have revenge.
 * Sidious: You have been well trained, my young apprentice. They will be no match for you.

 * [Qui-Gon Jinn is talking to the Jedi Council about Anakin Skywalker]
 * Qui-Gon: With your permission, my Master, I have encountered a vergence in the Force.
 * Yoda: A vergence, you say?
 * Mace Windu: Located around a person?
 * Qui-Gon: A boy. His cells have the highest concentration of midi-chlorians I have seen in a life form. It is possible that he was conceived by the midi-chlorians.
 * Mace: You refer to the prophecy of the one who will bring balance to the Force. You believe it's this boy?
 * Qui-Gon: I don't presume to…
 * Yoda: But you do. Revealed, your opinion is.
 * Qui-Gon: I request that the boy be tested, Master.
 * Yoda: Oh… trained as a Jedi, you request for him, hmm?
 * Qui-Gon: Finding him was the will of the Force. I have no doubt of that.
 * Mace: [resigned] Bring him before us, then.

 * Finis Valorum: The chair recognizes the Senator from the sovereign system of Naboo.
 * Palpatine: Supreme Chancellor, delegates of the Senate, a tragedy has occurred... which started right here with the taxation of trade routes... and has now engulfed our entire planet... in the oppression of the Trade Federation.
 * Lott Dod: This is outrageous! I object to the senator's statements!
 * Valorum: The chair does not recognize the senator from the Trade Federation at this time.
 * Palpatine: To state our allegations, I present Queen Amidala, recently elected ruler of the Naboo, who speaks on our behalf.
 * Padmé Amidala: Honorable representatives of the Republic, I come to you under the gravest of circumstances. The Naboo system has been invaded by the droid armies of the Trade...
 * Dod: I object! There is no proof! This is incredible. We recommend a commission be sent to Naboo to ascertain the truth.
 * Senator Teem: The Congress of Malastare concurs with the honorable delegate from the Trade Federation. A commission must be appointed.
 * Valorum: The point...
 * Mas Amedda: Excuse me, Chancellor. [whispers to Chancellor Valorum]
 * Palpatine: [Whispering to Queen Amidala] Enter the bureaucrats, the true rulers of the Republic. And on the payroll of the Trade Federation, I might add. This is where Chancellor Valorum's strength will disappear.
 * Valorum: The point is conceded. Will you defer your motion to allow a commission to explore the validity of your accusations?
 * Padmé: I will not defer. I've come before you to resolve this attack on our sovereignty now! I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committee! If this body is not capable of action, I suggest new leadership is needed. I move for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum's leadership.
 * [The Senators begin arguing over Queen Amidala's decision, as Valorum sits down, stunned]
 * Mas Amedda: ORDER!
 * Palpatine: Now they will elect a new Chancellor, a strong Chancellor. One who will not let this tragedy continue.

 * Yoda: How feel you?
 * Anakin: Cold, sir.
 * Yoda: Afraid, are you?
 * Anakin: No, sir.
 * Yoda: See through you, we can.
 * Mace: Be mindful of your feelings.
 * Ki-Adi-Mundi: Your thoughts dwell on your mother.
 * Anakin: I miss her.
 * Yoda: Ah, afraid to lose her, I think, hmm?
 * Anakin: What has that got to do with anything?
 * Yoda: Everything! Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you.

 * [The Jedi Council has just completed their examination of Anakin Skywalker]
 * Ki-Adi Mundi: The Force is strong with him.
 * Qui-Gon: He is to be trained, then?
 * Mace: No. He will not be trained.
 * Qui-Gon: No?!
 * Mace: He is too old.
 * Qui-Gon: He is the Chosen One. You must see it.
 * Yoda: Clouded, this boy's future is.
 * Qui-Gon: [resigned] I will train him, then. I take Anakin as my Padawan learner.
 * Yoda: [referring to Obi-Wan Kenobi] An apprentice, you already have, Qui-Gon. Impossible, it is, to take on a second.
 * Mace: The Council forbids it.
 * Qui-Gon: Obi-Wan is ready.
 * Obi-Wan: [steps forward] I am ready to face the trials.
 * Yoda: Our own counsel, we will keep, on who is ready.
 * Qui-Gon: He is headstrong, and has much to learn about the living Force... but he is capable. There is little more he can learn from me.
 * Yoda: [after a long pause] Young Skywalker's fate will be decided later.
 * Mace: Now is not the time for this. The Senate is voting for a new Supreme Chancellor and Queen Amidala is returning home, which will put pressure on the Federation and could widen the controntation.
 * Ki-Adi-Mundi: [referring to Darth Maul] And draw out the Queen's attacker.
 * Mace: Go with the Queen to Naboo and discover the identity of this dark warrior. This is the clue we need to unravel the mystery of the Sith.
 * Yoda: May the Force be with you.

 * Qui-Gon: [dying] It's too late, it's...
 * Obi-Wan: No!
 * Qui-Gon: Obi-Wan, promise... Promise me you will train the boy.
 * Obi-Wan: Yes, master.
 * Qui-Gon: He... is the Chosen One. He... will bring balance. Train him.

 * Yoda: Confer on you the level of Jedi Knight, the Council does. But agree with your taking this boy as your Padawan learner, I do not!
 * Obi-Wan: Qui-Gon believed in him.
 * Yoda: The Chosen One, the boy may be. Nevertheless, grave danger, I fear in his training.
 * Obi-Wan: Master Yoda, I gave Qui-Gon my word. I will train Anakin... without the approval of the Council, if I must.
 * Yoda: Qui-Gon's defiance, I sense in you. Need that, you do not. Agree with you, the Council does. Your apprentice, Skywalker will be.

 * [After Darth Maul's defeat]
 * Mace: There's no doubt the mysterious warrior was a Sith.
 * Yoda: Always two, there are. No more, no less. A master and an apprentice.
 * Windu: But which one was destroyed: the master or the apprentice?

About Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

 * Harrison Ford wears the same outfit for three flicks, and I was complaining that I wear, like, six outfits. And my mother – Natalie Portman – she wears three million. She walks through a doorway and there's another outfit. It's like the Liberace of sci-fi changing of clothes.
 * Carrie Fisher, commentary to Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Special Edition (DVD, 20th Century Fox, 2004).
 * Star Wars fame turned my life into a living hell
 * When you have something like that there's a lot of expectations for it to meet the standards of the public and I don't think George did that.
 * For me to go back and watch it now would be kind of creepy.
 * Jake Lloyd "'Star Wars fame turned my life into a living hell': Former child star Jake 'Anakin Skywalker' Lloyd on why he quit acting" J.J. Anisiobi, DailyMail.com, 5 March 2012.
 * Jar Jar is the key to all of this.
 * George Lucas as quoted in "Red Letter Media Star Wars Episode - The Phantom Menace Review", Red Letter Media.
 * Again it's like poetry, it's sort of. They rhyme, every stanza kind of rhymes with the last one. Hopefully it'll work.
 * George Lucas again as quoted in "Red Letter Media Star Wars Episode - The Phantom Menace Review", Red Letter Media.
 * Caserta was one of the most beautiful palaces on the planet and once we saw this there was no question that we wanted to shoot here.
 * George Lucas Anticipation: The Real Life Story of Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace by Jonathan Bowen p. 8
 * Someone of that stature would automatically be changing their costumes to fit the occasion.
 * George Lucas, Costume Featurette, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Special Features, (DVD, 20th Century Fox, 1999), disc 2.
 * You can't just go and do a location shoot of Coruscant; there's nothing like it that people have ever seen.
 * Rick McCallum Anticipation: The Real Life Story of Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace by Jonathan Bowen p. 7
 * I watched it once, at the premiere, so I'm not in a good position to judge. They had a tall order, the three films I did. The fans waited so long and wanted to feel like they did when they watched the first film, but they were grown-ups by that time. I don't mind the criticism. I've heard it to my face.
 * Ewan McGregor "What Ewan McGregor Thinks Of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace In Retrospect", Eric Eisenberg, Cinemablend.com, 2015.
 * One of the things about Episode One I was slightly disappointed by was, I thought it was very kind of flat. I think there's much more humour and there's much more colour in Episode II: Attack of the Clones. I think it's more reminiscent of the original three Star Wars films than Episode I was.
 * Ewan McGregor, "Ewan 'disappointed' by Phantom Menace", BBC News, 7 April 2002.
 * Rastafarian Stepin Fetchit on platform hoofs, crossed annoyingly with Butterfly McQueen.
 * Joe Morgenstern (May 19, 1999), "Our Inner Child Meets Young Darth", The Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition), pp. A20.
 * A huge exercise in imagination. A kid playing in a cardboard box he pretends is a house, or a spaceship.
 * Natalie Portman "'Black Swan' Oscar nominee Natalie Portman talks 'Star Wars'", Duane Dudek, Milwauke Journal Sentinel, Feb. 21, 2011.
 * It was wonderful playing a young queen with so much power. I think it will be good for young women to see a strong woman of action who is also smart and a leader.
 * Natalie Portman, quoted in "Production Notes".
 * I was very disappointed when the film actually came out, because I didn't think it was very good! But it was certainly an extremely exciting thing to be a part of.
 * It was a real shame, because I think the first Star Wars film is my favourite film ever. That would be my desert island film. For me it's got everything. There's not a beat wrong in that film.
 * It's a testament to the resilience of the Star Wars universe itself, that even with all the tweaks and whatever that George Lucas has done to the original film, and all the inferior prequels, that the universe still manages to be so exciting and cool and endures.
 * Peter Serafinowicz "'Star Wars: Episode I' wasn't very good, says Peter Serafinowicz", Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 22 October 2011.

 * I didn't feel like he was a director of actors; he was more interested in stuff and effects. He didn't interest me and I wouldn't think I interested him.
 * I did meet her and she was absolutely enchanting. But on the day I'm supposed to do my scene with her, for which I'd traveled halfway around the world, I said, 'Where's Natalie?' And George says, 'That's Natalie,' and points to a bit of paper on the wall. It was just boring.
 * Terence Stamp "Terence Stamp Reflects On The Misery Of Shooting Star Wars The Phantom Menace", Eric Eisenberg, Cinema Blend, 2013.

Taglines

 * Every generation has a legend. Every journey has a first step. Every saga has a beginning.
 * One Truth, One Hate

Cast

 * Liam Neeson — Qui-Gon Jinn
 * Ewan McGregor — Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Natalie Portman — Queen Padmé Amidala
 * Jake Lloyd — Anakin Skywalker
 * Silas Carson — Nute Gunray, Ki-Adi Mundi
 * Ian McDiarmid — Senator Palpatine/Darth Sidious
 * Ray Park — Darth Maul
 * Kenny Baker — R2-D2
 * Keira Knightley - Sabé, Padmé's decoy

Voices

 * Frank Oz — Master Yoda
 * Ahmed Best — Jar Jar Binks
 * Anthony Daniels — C-3PO
 * Andy Secombe — Watto
 * Lewis Macleod — Sebulba
 * Brian Blessed — Boss Nass
 * Peter Serafinowicz — Darth Maul
 * Greg Proops/Scott Capurro — Fode and Beed


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A quote from Obi-Wan Kenobi goes like "NOOOOOOO!". Why is that nessesary here? 119.224.7.106 06:25, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

I wonder if this web is 'wikiquote' or 'wikiscript'. Why do we need so many dialogues here? We should cut some off and leave only some nice pieces of words to remember.

Another one: "Rastafarian Stepin Fetchit on platform hoofs, crossed annoyingly with Butterfly McQueen. Joe Morgenstern (May 19, 1999), "Our Inner Child Meets Young Darth", The Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition), pp. A20."

Dissen notsa Annie! Dissen 'bout mesa, Jar-Jar! Apologies. But this page is too strange. Wastrel Way (talk) Eric

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Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American space opera film. It is the third and final film of the Star Wars prequel trilogy. The film is set three years after the start of the Clone Wars; the noble Jedi Knights are spread across the galaxy leading a massive clone army against the Separatists. After Chancellor Palpatine is kidnapped by the evil General Grievous, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his former Padawan Anakin Skywalker are dispatched to rescue him. Meanwhile, Anakin's friendship with the Chancellor arouses suspicion in the Jedi Order and proves dangerous to the Jedi Knight himself. When the evil Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, unveils a plot to take over the galaxy, the fate of Anakin, the Jedi Order, and the entire galaxy is at stake. This film was released in theaters on May 19, 2005 in United States.
 * Written and directed by George Lucas.

The Saga Is Complete. (taglines)

Opening crawl
In a stunning move, the fiendish droid leader, General Grievous, has swept into the Republic capital and kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine, leader of the Galactic Senate. As the Separatist Droid Army attempts to flee the besieged capital with their valuable hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a desperate mission to rescue the captive Chancellor....
 * War! The Republic is crumbling under attacks by the ruthless Sith Lord, Count Dooku. There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

 * [after killing General Grievous with a blaster] So uncivilized. [tosses it aside]
 *   Another happy landing.

Nute Gunray

 * [Vader is slaughtering the Separatist leaders] The war is over! Lord Sidious... promised us peace! We only want to— [Vader cuts him down, then deactivates his lightsaber]

Dialogue

 * Palpatine: Get help. You're no match for him, he's a Sith Lord.
 * Obi-Wan: [turns and smiles] Chancellor Palpatine, Sith Lords are our speciality.

 * Dooku: I've been looking forward to this.
 * Anakin: My powers have doubled since the last time we met, Count.
 * Dooku: Good. Twice the pride, double the fall.
 * [They fight some more]

 * Grievous: And... [coughs] Anakin Skywalker. I was expecting someone of your reputation to be a little... older.
 * Anakin: General Grievous. You're shorter than I expected.
 * Grievous: [coughs] Jedi scum.

 * Palpatine: Remember back to your early teachings. "All who gain power are afraid to lose it." Even the Jedi.
 * Anakin: The Jedi use their power for good.
 * Palpatine: Good is a point of view, Anakin. The Sith and the Jedi are similar in almost every way, including their quest for greater power.
 * Anakin: The Sith rely on their passion for their strength. They think inwards, only about themselves.
 * Palpatine: And the Jedi don't?
 * Anakin: The Jedi are selfless. They only care about others.

 * Palpatine: Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?
 * Anakin: No.
 * Palpatine: I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith so powerful and so wise, he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create... life. He had such a knowledge of the dark side, he could even keep the ones he cared about... from dying.
 * Anakin: He could actually... save people from death?
 * Palpatine: The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
 * Anakin: What happened to him?
 * Palpatine: He became so powerful, the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power... which, eventually of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death... but not himself.
 * Anakin: Is it possible to learn this power?
 * Palpatine: Not from a Jedi.

 * Palpatine: Master Windu. I take it General Grievous has been destroyed, then. I must say, you're here sooner than I expected.
 * Mace Windu: In the name of the Galactic Senate of the Republic, you're under arrest, Chancellor. [activates his lightsaber, and Agen Kolar, Kit Fisto and Saesee Tiin activate their own lightsabers]
 * Palpatine: Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?
 * Mace: The Senate will decide your fate.
 * Palpatine: I am the Senate!
 * Mace: Not yet.
 * Palpatine: [stands up and a lightsaber suddenly flies out of his robe and right into his hand] It's treason, then. [activates his lightsaber and engages Mace Windu, Agen Kolar, Saesee Tiin and Kit Fisto in a fierce fight]

 * [Mace Windu is flung out the window to his death]
 * Anakin: What have I done?!
 * Darth Sidious: You're fulfilling your destiny, Anakin. Become my apprentice. Learn to use the dark side of the Force.
 * Anakin: I will do whatever you ask.
 * Sidious: Good!
 * Anakin: Just help me save Padmé's life. I can't live without her.
 * Sidious: To cheat death is the power only one has achieved. But if we work together, I know we can discover the secret.
 * Anakin: I pledge myself to your teachings.
 * Sidious: Good. Good! The Force is strong with you. A powerful Sith you will become. Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth...Vader.
 * Darth Vader: Thank you... my Master.
 * Sidious: Rise.

 * Sidious: In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire, for a safe and secure society.
 * [The Senators cheer thunderously]
 * Padmé: So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.

 * Yoda: Destroy the Sith, we must.
 * Obi-Wan: Send me to kill the Emperor. I will not kill Anakin.
 * Yoda: To fight this Lord Sidious, strong enough, you are not.
 * Obi-Wan: He is like my brother.
 * Yoda: Twisted by the dark side, young Skywalker has become. The boy you trained, gone, he is, consumed by Darth Vader.
 * Obi-Wan: I do not know where the Emperor has sent him. I don't know where to look.
 * Yoda: Use your feelings, Obi-Wan, and find him, you will.

 * Obi-Wan: I'm looking for Anakin. When was the last time you saw him?
 * Padmé: Yesterday.
 * Obi-Wan: Do you know where he is now?
 * Padmé: No. He wouldn't tell me.
 * Obi-Wan: Padmé, I need your help. He is in grave danger.
 * Padmé: From the Sith?!
 * Obi-Wan: From himself. Padmé, Anakin has turned to the dark side.
 * Padmé: [shocked] You're wrong! How could you even say that?
 * Obi-Wan: I have seen a security hologram of him... killing younglings.
 * Padmé: Not Anakin! He couldn't!
 * Obi-Wan: He was deceived by a lie. We all were. It appears that the Chancellor is behind everything, including the war. Palpatine is the Sith Lord we've been looking for. After the death of Count Dooku, Anakin became his new apprentice.
 * Padmé: I don't believe you [sits down] I can't.
 * [Obi-Wan sits down next to Padmé]
 * Obi-Wan: Padmé, I must find him.
 * Padmé: You're going to kill him, aren't you?
 * Obi-Wan: He has become a very great threat.
 * Padmé: I can't...
 * [Obi-Wan stands up and prepares to leave, but then pauses and turns back to Padmé]
 * Obi-Wan: Anakin is the father, isn't he? [Padmé looks away] I'm so sorry.

 * Vader: [to Padmé] I saw your ship. What are you doing out here?
 * Padmé: I was so worried about you. Obi-Wan told me terrible things.
 * Vader: What things?
 * Padmé: He said you turned to the dark side. That you... killed younglings.
 * Vader: Obi-Wan is trying to turn you against me.
 * Padmé: He cares about us.
 * Vader: Us?
 * Padmé: He knows. He wants to help you. Anakin, all I want is your love.
 * Vader: Love won't save you, Padmé. Only my new powers can do that.
 * Padmé: At what cost? You're a good person, don't do this!
 * Vader: I won't lose you the way I lost my mother. I've become more powerful than any Jedi has ever dreamed of. And I'm doing it for you, to protect you.
 * Padmé: Come away with me. Help me raise our child. Leave everything else behind while we still can.
 * Vader: Don't you see? We don't have to run away anymore. I have brought peace to the Republic. I am more powerful than the Chancellor. I-I can overthrow him, and together you and I can rule the galaxy. Make things the way we want them to be.
 * Padmé: [steps away] I don't believe what I'm hearing. Obi-Wan was right. You've changed.
 * Vader: [becoming angry] I don't want to hear any more about Obi-Wan. The Jedi turned against me, don't you turn against me.
 * Padmé: I don't know you anymore. Anakin, you're breaking my heart. You're going down a path I can't follow!
 * Vader: Because of Obi-Wan?
 * Padmé: Because of what you've done! What you plan to do. Stop, stop now. Come back. I love you!
 * Vader: [sees Obi-Wan] LIAR!!!
 * [Padmé turns around and is shocked to see Obi-Wan standing on the ramp. Obi-Wan begins walking down to confront Anakin]
 * Padmé: No!
 * Vader: You're with him! You brought him here to kill me! [Begins Force-choking Padmé]
 * Obi-Wan: Let her go, Anakin!
 * Padmé: Anakin...
 * Obi-Wan: Let... her... go!
 * [Vader releases Padmé who falls to the ground, unconscious]
 * Vader: You turned her against me!
 * Obi-Wan: You have done that yourself!
 * Vader: You will not take her from me!
 * Obi-Wan: Your anger and your lust for power have already done that. You have allowed this Dark Lord to twist your mind, until now... until now, you have become the very thing you swore to destroy.
 * Vader: Don't lecture me, Obi-Wan. I see through the lies of the Jedi. I do not fear the dark side as you do! I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire!
 * Obi-Wan: Your new Empire?!
 * Vader: Don't make me kill you.
 * Obi-Wan: Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic, to democracy!
 * Vader: If you're not with me, then you're my enemy!
 * Obi-Wan: Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I will do what I must.
 * Vader: You will try.
 * [Obi-Wan and Vader activate their lightsabers and engage in a fierce and furious duel]

 * Yoda: I hear a new apprentice you have, Emperor... or, should I call you Darth Sidious?
 * Sidious: Master Yoda. You survived.
 * Yoda: Surprised?
 * Sidious: Your arrogance blinds you, Master Yoda. Now you will experience the full power of the dark side! [fires Force lightning at Yoda, sending him flying across the room, rendering him unconscious; the scene cuts to the intensifying lightsaber duel between Darth Vader, formerly Anakin Skywalker, and Obi-Wan Kenobi on Mustafar as they battle each other, barging their way into the control room which is littered with the dead bodies of Nute Gunray and the other Separatists; scene cuts again to Darth Sidious on Coruscant as he laughs at the unconscious form of Yoda menacingly] I have waited a long time for this moment, my little green friend. [laughs maniacally as Yoda regains consciousness] At last, the Jedi are no more!
 * Yoda: Not if anything to say about it, I have! [uses the Force to throw Sidious across the room] At an end, your rule is... and not short enough, it was. [Sidious tries to run, but Yoda blocks his way] If so powerful, you are... why leave? [activates his green lightsaber]
 * Sidious: You will not stop me. Darth Vader will become more powerful than either of us! [activates his red lightsaber]
 * Yoda: Faith in your new apprentice, misplaced, may be. As is your faith in the dark side of the Force!
 * [Yoda and Sidious engage in their own lightsaber duel]

 * Obi-Wan: I have failed you, Anakin. I have failed you.
 * Vader: I should've known the Jedi were plotting to take over!
 * Obi-Wan: Anakin, Chancellor Palpatine is evil!
 * Vader: From my point of view, the Jedi are evil!
 * Obi-Wan: WELL, THEN, YOU ARE LOST!

 * Obi-Wan: It's over, Anakin! I have the high ground!
 * Vader: You underestimate my power!
 * Obi-Wan: Don't try it.
 * [Vader jumps in front of Obi-Wan, but Obi-Wan cuts off Vader's legs and part of his remaining good arm. Vader is now struggling near the lava river]
 * Obi-Wan: [anguished] YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness! [picks up Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber]
 * Vader: I HATE YOU!!!
 * Obi-Wan: You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you. [Vader, now too close to the lava river, catches on fire. Obi-Wan leaves]

 * [Vader's new cyborg body arises from the steam]
 * Sidious: Lord Vader, can you hear me?
 * Vader: Yes, master. Where is Padmè? Is she safe? Is she alright?
 * Sidious: It seems, in your anger, you… killed her.
 * Vader: I... I couldn't have. She was alive! I felt it!! [Vader begins to growl in rage and anguish as the room is destroyed by the Force. He breaks free from the stretcher. Sidious smiles evilly] NOOO!!!!!

 * [After Padmè's death, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Senator Bail Organa are onboard the Tantive III and are traveling to Naboo while discussing the babies' future]
 * Yoda: Hidden, safe, the children must be kept.
 * Obi-Wan: We must take them somewhere where the Sith will not sense their presence.
 * Yoda: Hmm... Split up, they should be.
 * Bail: My wife and I will take the girl. We've always talked about adopting a baby girl. She will be loved with us.
 * Obi-Wan: And what of the boy?
 * Yoda: To Tatooine. To his family, send him.
 * Obi-Wan: I will take the child and watch over him.
 * Yoda: Until the time is right, disappear, we will. [Senator Organa and Obi-Wan bow and start to leave] Master Kenobi, wait a moment. In your solitude on Tatooine, training, I have for you.
 * Obi-Wan: Training?
 * Yoda: An old friend has learned the path to immortality. One who has returned from the netherworld of the Force... Your old master.
 * Obi-Wan: [surprised] Qui-Gon?!
 * Yoda: How to commune with him, I will teach you.

Quotes about Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

 * Obviously, fans would love to see a movie about Darth Vader running around killing people. I'm not telling that story, and I'm not interested in that. That's not what the movie is.
 * This first trilogy is really about the father, the struggles of a father, or a man, basically, to find himself, and at the same time fall into a trap of wanting certain powers, making a pact with the devil and basically spending the rest of his life regretting it.
 * George Lucas "Lucas calls new ‘Star Wars’ film a ‘tearjerker’", Today, Mar. 17, 2005.

 * This one is a little tougher, and I think children, young children especially, should be warned that this is not your average Star Wars. It's a lot darker. There's a lot more scary stuff in it. It's brutal in places, and they should be aware of that. And at least if it does come out to be a PG-13, the parents are warned to be careful of bringing tiny little kids, like five and six years old, because it might be too much. Know your kids. I have three kids—they’re all grown up now—but when they were six, I knew what I could take them to and couldn't. People think Star Wars is extremely innocent, although we do cut a lot of people in half and cut off a lot of arms.
 * Anakin, as Skywalker, as a human being, was going to be extremely powerful, but he ended up losing his arms and a leg and became partly a robot. So a lot of his ability to use the Force, a lot of his powers, are curbed at this point, because, as a living form, there's not that much of him left. So his ability to be twice as good as the Emperor disappeared, and now he's maybe 20 percent less than the Emperor. So that isn’t what the Emperor had in mind. He wanted this really super guy, but that got derailed by Obi-Wan. So he finds that, with Luke, he can get a more primo version if he can turn Luke to the Dark Side. You'll see, as this goes on, Luke is faced with the same issues and practically the same scenes that Anakin is faced with. Anakin says yes and Luke says no.
 * George Lucas "Lucas calls new ‘Star Wars’ film a ‘tearjerker’", Jim Windolf, Vanity Fair, February, 2005.

 * We knew that Padmé was going to be pregnant through the whole film, and nobody in the outside world could know that. Because she's pregnant, I wanted a soft quality to be apparent in the fabrics that were used.
 * George Lucas "Crafting Revenge," in "An Introduction to Episode III" at StarWars.com; last accessed August 5, 2006.

Taglines

 * Every Story Has A Hero, Every Hero Has A Destiny, Every Saga Has An End.
 * The Saga Is Complete

Cast

 * Ewan McGregor — Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Natalie Portman — Senator Padmé Amidala
 * Hayden Christensen — Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader
 * Ian McDiarmid — Supreme Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious
 * Samuel L. Jackson — Mace Windu
 * Christopher Lee — Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus
 * Jimmy Smits — Senator Bail Organa
 * Anthony Daniels — C-3PO
 * Kenny Baker — R2-D2
 * Peter Mayhew — Chewbacca

Voices

 * Frank Oz — Master Yoda
 * Matthew Wood — General Grievous
 * James Earl Jones — Darth Vader (uncredited)


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 * 1) [upon being told that he killed Padme] I... I couldn't have. She was alive! I felt it! [He used the Dark side of the Force and destroyed everything around him and things go blowing up and Starfighters go crashing and he removed the clamps that held his arms and then screams so loud that it was heard across the galaxy] NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Im removing the stuff in the [] because its intrusive and incorect. You do not know if his force induced rage causes starfighters to crash and blow up etc.from user:IRCarlos

Younglings
I have twice reverted explanations of the word "younglings" from the article. In my opinion, this use the "-ling" suffix makes a perfectly cromulent word that needs no explanation (else it would not have been used in a film targeted at a youthful audience), and carries more connotation than the purported literal "translation." It certainly does not need a prominent link to wikia at the top of the page, or anywhere else. ~ Ningauble 19:56, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

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new section
i just added a new section for this article titled "characters", where individual quotes from each character are displayed. it would be appreciated if anyone with knowlege of Episode III could add new quotes and characters.

Iamthevoxpopuli 01:23, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Whether it's any other section, it doesn't matter. Any quotes from them will have to be part of the total LOQ count.--Eaglestorm 00:19, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Additions to quotes
Are some of you guys using a different version of the movie or something when you're adding those extra bits into quotes? Because I own this movie, I've watched it numerous times, and I am quite certain those bits I edited out are not in there. I.e. "Plagueis never saw it coming" or "pay the Emperor a visit, I must". Wolfson (talk) 18:32, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
 * AdamDeanHall does have a problem with his insistence on his version. Even when UDScott's restored one quote, this [NPA term] brings it back to his version. --Eaglestorm (talk) 05:39, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
 * The lines "The war is over", "The Separatists have been eliminated" and "We stand on the threshold of a new beginning" are mentioned in the novelization, not in the film. AdamDeanHall (talk) 21:28, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) The word "both" isn't said in the film. Adam is correct in his edit.
 * 2) The other lines mentioned do appear in the film: "The war is over... The Separatists have been defeated [not "eliminated"]... and the Jedi rebellion has been foiled. We stand on the threshold of a new beginning."
 * However, this edit by Adam is still correct, given that the line "We stand on the threshold of a new beginning" is only said after Padmé says "The Chancellor has been elaborating on a plot by the Jedi to overthrow the Senate."
 * Apparently, the line "and the Jedi rebellion has been foiled" appears twice in the film, hence this confusion. (But Adam seems to be right.) ~ DanielTom (talk) 22:16, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * See here. The line "and the Jedi rebellion has been foiled" is indeed heard twice, but what I'm noticing is that the rest of the dialogue is also wrong... ~ DanielTom (talk) 22:27, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I entered the full dialogue per the script here, feel free to revert if I messed up. ~ DanielTom (talk) 22:40, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * The current version looks pretty good to me; most of the wierd additions I was trying to remove are gone. There are still parts of Palpatine's speech to the Senate that I don't remember, but that's probably just due to the fact that Palpatine becomes largely inaudible during Padme's lines, whereas the script would naturally include what he continues to say in the meantime. Wolfson (talk) 19:08, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Yoda vs. Darth Sidious quote
Someone has just added a new quote: the Yoda vs. Darth Sidious quote. Normally a page is only limited for ten quotes, but an eleventh quote?! That is the last thing that we need. AdamDeanHall (talk) 23:25, 4 February 2014 (UTC)


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George Meade

George Gordon Meade (31 December 1815 – 6 November 1872) was a career U.S. Army officer and engineer involved in coastal construction. During the American Civil War he served as a Union general, and is most famous for defeating Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Quotes

 * War is very uncertain in its results, and often when affairs look most desperate they suddenly assume a more hopeful state.
 * Letter to his wife Margaretta (11 June 1863); published in The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade (1913)

 * The country looks to this army to relieve it from the devastation and disgrace of a hostile invasion. Whatever fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon to undergo, let us have in view constantly the magnitude of the interests involved, and let each man determine to do his duty, leaving to an all-controlling Providence the decision of the contest.
 * Address on Taking Command of the Army of the Potomac (June 28, 1863); published in The Civil War: Great Speeches and Documents (2006)

Quotes about Meade

 * He had to do the honorable thing, he understood that. Today of all days, it was vital to remain a gentleman, to speak faithfully and betray no emotions to his career's executioner. His family seemed ever destined for disappointment: his father, now him. Yet, he had done much, giving them all the victory they needed, that victory and more... Only to have a low cabal poison Lincoln against him. Liars. Devils. Whoremongers. Intimating, in the wake of Mine Run, that he sympathized with the Confederacy, that he was unfit to command, even that he was cowardly. All because he would not squander thousands of men to no purpose. Oh, yes. Had he overruled all military judgment, common sense, and decency and ordered Warren to attack, had he sacrificed five thousand soldiers in an act of folly, he might have been forgiven. But powerful men never spotted near a battlefield had seized upon his refusal to charge Lee's entrenchments, coiling like snakes to strike his reputation. Their ardor for slaughter repelled him. Perhaps he was better off being relieved. He could put this filth behind him, this infinite human vice of cold ambition. He could not understand how men could tell a public lie and then stand by it. He was not made for the politics of command, not for politics of any kind. He knew that his notions of honor seemed quaint, even laughable, to the likes of Sickles, Hooker, and Butterfield. But he could not imagine a life lived another way.
 * Ralph Peters, Hell or Richmond: A Novel (2013), New York: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, p. 18-19

 * A mighty burst of rain assaulted the canvas, conjuring Gettysburg: his hour of glory, of triumph. The smoke, confusion, and carnage had calmed to reveal his army victorious. Lee had been defeated. Lee! His elation on that July afternoon had soared beyond all words, beyond his deathly exhaustion, and he had thought, mistakenly, that all might be well thereafter. Only to spend the night wrapped in an oilcloth, sitting on a rock amid the mud, under a tree that channeled the rain into torrents. Every roof had been required for the wounded his victory cost. The wounded, in their legions. Damn Washington, and damn the New York papers. None of the men in frock coats and cravats understood the human side of an army. How they had howled- and were howling still- because he had not chased Lee like an ill-trained dog. They refused to hear that three hard days of battle had left tens of thousands of wounded men in his care and thousands more as prisoners in his hands. They did not want to hear that his army, too, had been mauled and thrown into confusion, that officers had been slaughtered by the hundredfold, that ammunition pouches and caissons had been emptied, that entire divisions had nothing to eat and no water untainted by blood, that the corpses of the brave baked in the sun, or simply that he had done the best he could. The Army of the Potomac had worked a miracle, sending Lee home in shame, but it had not been wonder enough for the stay-at-homes.
 * Ralph Peters, Hell or Richmond: A Novel (2013), New York: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, p. 19-20

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Talk:Loneliness

loneliness
solitude is a good place to visit but a bad place to stay. Very true.

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 * Loneliness is a barrier that prevents one from uniting with the inner self.
 * Carl Rogers

 * Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
 * Mother Teresa

 * Don't attach yourself to anyone who shows you the least bit of attention because you're lonely. Loneliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space.
 * White Oleander by Janet Fitch

 * Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. An intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.
 * White Oleander by Janet Fitch

 * At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.
 * Brendan Francis

 * When so many are lonely… as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
 * Tennessee Williams

 * Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
 * Maya Angelou

 * To break the silence the old man said the first thing that came to his mind: "Loneliness is a type of violence."
 * Hiding Out by Jonathan Messinger

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Talk:Star Wars (film)

Split from Star Wars
This page was split from the Star Wars page. Please see that page for the edit history prior to the split. —LrdChaos 16:55, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Mark Hamill quote from Empire of Dreams
I don't know where I should put this. I am thinking of starting an Empire of Dreams page entirely

"What was disappointing would be the Cantina sequence. It was really imaginatively described, and then you go in there and it looks like the Nutcracker Suit. You know there's a frog guy and a mouse girl and [laughs to himself softly] giant cricket at the bar. It was [laughs some more] it was really disappointing. But you know, George says, 'don’t worry don't worry, we're gonna fix all of this.'" Genome4824 20:48, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Trimming
Shouldn't this page be trimmed already? I can't remove the Checkcopyright template if this page is not trimmed.(StarWarsFanBoy 22:04, 28 November 2009 (UTC))

Looks trimmed to me. Good work everybody.(StarWarsFanBoy 16:11, 2 December 2009 (UTC))

1997 special edition
As the intro says, this is about the "1977 space opera film". Therefore the Greedo fired first comment, and the Jabba scene should either be explicit about the source, or removed altogether. -- Jokes Free4Me (talk) 07:52, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Droids we are looking for
Isn't it the right place to put the "droids we are looking for" dialogue?

Selection of pithy quotes vs. storytelling
Recent months have seen some edit warring, without discussion on the talk page, over differences of opinion on which quotes to include in the article. Chiefly, it is a disagreement between these two quotes favored by Kalki and these longer dialogues favored by Eaglestorm and AdamDeanHall. Rather than continuing to revert each other, this needs to be discussed. For the reasons explained below, I agree with Kalki's selections. Although this is a film targeted at a youthful audience, aiming for melodrama rather than literary depth, it nevertheless contains a number of lines that are memorably pithy, wise, eloquent, or poignant, or that have persisting currency in popular culture almost forty years later. Unfortunately, the present article misses many of these quoteworthy lines and instead is mostly filled with dialogue featuring plot development or elucidating back-story. I strongly endorse the following (often ignored) guidance from the Quotability: Length of dialogues guideline: Therefore, I recommend restoring the two significant statements of an iconic character related to "the Force" proposed by Kalki, and removing the plot-related dialogues inserted by Eaglestorm and AdamDeanHall. This would be one small step toward improving the article, which is focused far too much on telling the story rather than featuring "quotations [that] summarize the collective insights of society, a legacy of knowledge passed onward, from one generation to the next". ~ Ningauble (talk) 17:53, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Whole scenes from movies or television shows, or large chunks of dialogue from them, are rarely quotable. While they may seem "exciting" or "readable," they are nonetheless not quotable, and really provide only a method for fans of the film to vicariously re-live watching it.
 * Dialogue only ought be included when the interchange is quotable, terse, and/or pithy on its own.
 * Plot revelations and other story-related statements are typically not quoteworthy for the general Wikiquote audience unless the words themselves mean something outside of the immediate context.
 * Seeing no response from those who were pinged above, I am now restoring the selections preferred by Kalki and myself for reasons given above and in edit summaries. Please feel free to discuss reasons for choosing otherwise before reverting these selections. Thank you. ~ Ningauble (talk) 13:54, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * that's about it? Just because nobody's been joining the discussions for days? you didn't even consider the fact that people are busy with their offwiki activities and you just sweep in? Seems too unilateral in favour of somebody trying to shun LOQ. --Eaglestorm (talk) 15:45, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
 * (1) This was not sudden: eight weeks passed with no response. (2) This is not unilateral: "Please feel free to discuss...." (3) This is not about favoring someone: "discuss reasons". ~ Ningauble (talk) 16:24, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Different versions of “Han Solo shot first” in the film
There are four different versions of how Han Solo shot first in the film:

 * 1) In the original version, Han Solo shoots Greedo with blaster under the table, killing him instantly.
 * 2) In the 1997 Special Edition, Han Solo ducks a shot from Greedo, then shoots him with blaster under the table, killing him instantly.
 * 3) In the 2004 DVD version and 2011 Blu-ray version, Greedo and Han Solo fire at each other, with the latter shooting Greedo with blaster under the table, killing him instantly.
 * 4) In the Disney+ version, after Greedo says to Han Solo, “I’ll end you!” in Rodianese, they fire at each other, with Han shooting Greedo with blaster under the table, killing him instantly.

I just need an opinion on how any of these versions can make any kind of difference whatsoever. AdamDeanHall (talk) 20:27, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Page update
I removed several long quotes (mostly deleted scene ones) and added several more famous short quotes. The page length has not meaningfully changed I would think, just the “distribution of mass”. Dronebogus (talk) 00:40, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

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Jacques Delors

Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (20 July 1925 – 27 December 2023) was a French politician who served as the 8th President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995. He served as Minister of Finance of France from 1981 to 1984. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1981.

Member of the European Parliament

 * Europe is a commercial giant and an economic power of the first rank, but it is a political dwarf. Political cooperation in the Community will grow. The question is whether the supply services will follow.
 * Speech to the press (3 December 1980), quoted in The Times (4 December 1980), p. 5

French Minister of Finance

 * I take what is good where I find it. I am for what the Anglo-Saxons call a 'policy mix' in the context of a mixed economy. ... I would simply say...without wishing to offend anyone, that you appreciate the distance which separates British Leyland from Renault. We want to have more Renaults. It is the difference between an industrial policy which succeeds and one which does not.
 * Interview with The Times (24 June 1981), p. 19

 * Socialism was not the socialization of losses and the privatization of profits.
 * Speech (26 June 1981), quoted in The Times (27 June 1981), p. 17

President of the European Commission

 * My feeling is that we will not be able to take all the decisions which will be necessary from now until 1995 unless there is the embryo of a European government in one form or another.
 * Speech to the European Parliament (6 July 1988), quoted in The Times (7 July 1988), p. 1

 * It is impossible to build Europe on only deregulation...1992 is much more than the creation of an internal market abolishing barriers to the free movement of goods services and investment...The internal market should be designed to benefit each and every citizen of the Community. It is therefore necessary to improve workers' living and working conditions, and to provide better protection for their health and safety at work...Europe needs you.
 * Speech to the British Trades Union Congress (8 September 1988), quoted in The Independent (9 September 1988)

 * My objective is that before the end of the millennium Europe should have a true federation. The Commission should become a political executive which can define essential common interests...responsible before the European Parliament and before the nation-states represented how you will, by the European Council or by a second chamber of national parliaments.
 * Remarks on French television (23 January 1990), quoted in Charles Grant, Delors - Inside the House that Jacques Built (London: Nicholas Brearley, 1994), p. 135

 * The Americans should stop insulting us, I'm not going to be an accomplice to the depopulation of the land. It's not up to the Americans to tell us how to organise our farm policy and the balance of our society. Their attitude is to treat the EC as if it had the plague and then encourage the rest of the world to join in.
 * On American attitudes to the Common Agricultural Policy (7 December 1990), quoted in Charles Grant, Delors - Inside the House that Jacques Built (London: Nicholas Brearley, 1994), p. 172

 * The social and human balance of our societies depend on the farming world.
 * Speech to the European Parliament (23 January 1991), quoted in The Times (24 January 1991), p. 13

 * It is not sufficient to have a strong economy to influence events. You also have to political and military power. ... A community limited to a big market refusing to resume its responsibilities and ambitions in the world will not be peaceful, will not be able to assure its children that they will live in security. [If Europe is to have political personality it would have to have] a common foreign policy in certain domains and military co-operation that will lead, before 1995, to the creation of a multilateral rapid intervention force.
 * Interview with Europe 1 radio (10 March 1991), quoted in The Times (12 March 1991), p. 8

 * If we do not succeed with political union...then the historic decline of Europe which began with the First World War will resume.
 * Interview with Der Spiegel, quoted in The Times (14 October 1991), p. 1

 * The crux is the reform of the treaty which would lead to common action. There must be a will to defend the central interests of Europe. If there is no majority voting, then the same level of impotence will continue.
 * Speech to the European Parliament (23 October 1991), quoted in The Times (24 October 1991), p. 14

 * Federalism is a guideline, not a pornographic word, you can speak it out loud...We have been focusing too much on a country that has said no, no, no!
 * Speech in Maastricht (8 December 1991), quoted in Charles Grant, Delors - Inside the House that Jacques Built (London: Nicholas Brearley, 1994), p. 200

 * If we are really on the way towards a political entity with a common foreign policy on basic issues, then I consider that France's nuclear force should be available to serve that policy.
 * On French television (5 January 1992), quoted in The Times (6 January 1992), p. 11

 * Farmers have their dignity, just as others do. It is fine to make efforts to make them react to markets, but you cannot then tie their hands and take away their choices. That is putting them in a straitjacket. ... I have always felt that the Community should be able to say 'No' to its big brother [America].
 * On GATT, quoted in The Times (16 October 1992), p. 9

 * [I criticise those] countries that used currency devaluation as a lever to win jobs. I would refer you to one member state of the Community without name it. Those who devalue in an extreme way will find health at the expense of the rest of the Community. It's like three people shipwrecked—one person floats for the sake of the other two going under.
 * Referring to the UK in a speech to the European Parliament (4 February 1993), quoted in The Times (5 February 1993), p. 8

 * We must define the political Europe that we want. We must plead for the federal approach.
 * Speech in Lorient (29 August 1993), quoted in The Times (30 August 1993), p. 11

 * Cars are free to circulate but still there are speed limits, therefore I do not see why, at the international level, we should not study ways to limit monetary movements. Bankers cannot act at will. ... Why should we not draw up some rules of the game?
 * Speech to the European Parliament (17 September 1993), quoted in The Times (18 September 1993), p. 23

 * He thinks I am the man of the past but I am still here. He is the man of the past.
 * Remarks on British Prime Minister John Major (28 September 1993), quoted in The Times (29 September 1993), p. 1

 * Europe will have 30 million unemployed by the end of the century if the continent's competitiveness and employment patterns are not rapidly changed. ... Europe's economic performance against America and Asia was declining and that the Community was faced with a choice between further decline and survival.
 * Speech to the European Parliament (13 October 1993), quoted in The Times (14 October 1993), p. 15

 * What I see is European construction drifting towards a free-trade zone, that is to say an English-style Europe, which I reject. If we do nothing, this will lead in 15 years to a break-up. I reject a Europe that would be just a market, a free-trade zone without a soul, without a conscience, without political will, without a social dimension.
 * Interview (c. 16/17 October 1993), quoted in The Times (19 October 1993), p. 11

 * [Greek voices] must not only be heard claiming their due but also contributing to the European Union.
 * On EU aid to Greece, quoted in The Times (21 December 1993), p. 13

 * Politicians who attack the dream of a federal Europe are racist bigots intent on undermining the Continent's freedom and peace.
 * Speech to the European Parliament (4 May 1994), quoted in The Times (5 May 1994), p. 1

 * What is perceived as a cost by some will turn out to be the competitive advantage of Europe by helping maintain a well-trained, secure workforce, open to change.
 * Speech to a Trades Union Congress conference in London (31 August 1994), quoted in The Times (1 September 1994), p. 25

 * I have a passion for reform, for the progress of man and society. I cannot stand the feeling of being useless.
 * L'Unité d'un Homme (November 1994), quoted in The Times (21 November 1994), p. 11

 * According to [ John Major], the issue now is to build a greater Europe around a single market and some areas of co-operation, notably in the environment. Everything else is flexible. I call that Europe à la carte. This is not my thesis. Mine is: the fathers of the Treaty of Rome wanted not just peace among us, but also that Europe should be able to continue existing in a world in which they sensed profound change in the wind, without being able to describe it. In consequence, if we want our nations to keep their universal capacity together, they must unite politically, without nostalgia for the old order.
 * L'Unité d'un Homme (November 1994), quoted in The Times (21 November 1994), p. 11

 * The spirit of the Right is dominated by scepticism towards the possibility of profound change in society and above all towards the idea that man can achieve progress over himself. On the Left, on the other hand, there exists a belief in human and social progress.
 * L'Unité d'un Homme (November 1994), quoted in The Times (21 November 1994), p. 11

 * We have preserved social security and the welfare state, but at the expense of employment. Neo-liberalism, which put the emphasis on the market, manifested itself in Europe by the policies led by Margaret Thatcher, who sometimes had good reasons to prise off the shackles which were condemning British society to decline. But [Thatcherite policies] fell into an excess of laissez faire.
 * L'Unité d'un Homme (November 1994), quoted in The Times (21 November 1994), p. 11

 * [The European Union must be a] federal union with a common currency, a tightly co-ordinated economic policy and a foreign policy capable of common diplomatic and military action. ... Britain is refusing to face reality. Does England have a future outside Europe? No. But it is difficult for a great nation to bid farewell to its golden age.
 * Interview with Der Spiegel (27 November 1994), quoted in The Times (28 November 1994), p. 12

 * Socialism had defeated her brand of ultra-liberal economics. ... [Margaret Thatcher believed that] the law of the market could be applied in the place of politics. She underestimated the dignity and grandeur of politics, which is an attempt to combine, an attempt to convince, an attempt to listen to others, to try to find a society which is not better but less bad than the one in which we live today.
 * Speech to Socialists in Essen (8 December 1994), quoted in The Times (9 December 1994), p. 1

 * [Only federalism] allows democratic control and can punish abuses of power. Only federalism can guarantee respect for national character and regional variety. ... The springtime of Europe is still before us.
 * Speech to the European Parliament (19 January 1995), quoted in The Times (20 January 1995), p. 11

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 * Europe needs an army to fight the resource wars of the twenty-first century.
 * Variations of this have circulated among Irish and left-wing Eurosceptic groups. Delors explicitly denied making any such statement in 1992 and 1998 in the leadup to Irish referendums on the Maastricht and Amsterdam treaties. Commentators have found no evidence for it.
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Quotes about Delors

 * Up Yours Delors
 * Headline in The Sun, 1 Nov 1990

 * I have five questions that I ask people who have power, and I recommend them to the House. If I see someone who is powerful, be it a traffic warden, Rupert Murdoch, the head of a trade union or a Member of Parliament, I ask myself these five questions: "What power have you got? Where did you get it? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? How can we get rid of you?" That last question is crucial. We cannot get rid of Jacques Delors; we cannot get rid of the [European] Commission. We can get rid of a Government; but we cannot get rid of European legislation that a Government have entrenched during their period in office—be they a Labour Government with the Tories coming or the other way around.
 * Tony Benn, Speech in the House of Commons (21 May 1990)

 * At the very moment the eastern bloc disintegrated, the EEC mooted a major step in the opposite direction. The commission’s head, Jacques Delors, proposed in 1990 that the EEC become an executive agent of the European Parliament, with the currently sovereign Council of Ministers as merely its senate. This would drastically increase the unelected commission’s authority and diminish national sovereignty. It was constitutionally–not to mention politically–explosive. The EU was becoming a state without a nation. Britain’s Thatcher reacted in the House of Commons, ‘No, no, no!’ She later added, ‘We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain only to see them reimposed at a European level, with a European superstate exercising a new dominance from Brussels.’ The Delors initiative won little support and was scrapped, but Thatcher’s days were numbered. In November 1990 she was felled by a party coup and replaced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Major.
 * Simon Jenkins, A Short History of Europe: From Pericles to Putin (2018)

 * The President of the Commission, M. Delors, said at a press conference the other day that he wanted the European Parliament to be the democratic body of the Community, he wanted the Commission to be the Executive and he wanted the Council of Ministers to be the Senate. No. No. No.
 * Margaret Thatcher, Debate in the House of Commons (30 October 1990)

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