Quotes
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Joseph Bonaparte : From now on, when you want to talk to me, you must address me as His Imperial Highness, the Grand Elector.
Julie : And what about me, your wife? What am I called?
Caroline Bonaparte : Oh, for god's sake, Julie, you're only the emperor's sister-in-law. It would be the last straw if you had a title while we, his own sisters, aren't even princesses.
Pauline : Speak for yourself, Caroline. I am a princess.
Élisa : Well, it's not fair. It really isn't. Why her and not us?
Napoléon : Because Pauline married Prince Borghese. I can't help it if you and Caroline preferred to marry generals.
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Napoléon : Remember to say Sire when you address me. And this goes for all of you.
Lucien Bonaparte : But it's a family gathering.
Napoléon : The imperial family, from now on. All the princes of Europe are watching us, and they can't believe what they see. Those Bonapartes aspire to the rank of Royal Highness, and they are not even aristocrats. They are barely French.
Caroline Bonaparte : We will show them we are their equals.
Napoléon : Don't nurse any illusions, Caroline. If we want those people to treat us as equals, we must behave as they do. They will mock us at the tiniest slip. It doesn't bother me at all, except that France, and the honor due to France, is at stake, through me.
