- Maximilian Robespierre: There's a man in Strasbourg who isn't afraid of anything. A man named Duval.
- Fouché: Duval?
- Maximilian Robespierre: You know him?
- Fouché: No, but I know his record. Five hundred executions in a single month. That's almost as good as yours, Max.
- Maximilian Robespierre: I've sent for Duval. He arrives at the Blue Goose Inn tonight. You go there and bring him to the bakery. I'll meet him there.
- Fouché: How will I know him?
- Maximilian Robespierre: As one snake to another, you'll smell each other out.
- Maximilian Robespierre: That's *my* chair you're sitting in, Fouche.
- Fouché: I just wanted to see how it fits.
- Maximilian Robespierre: Danton liked to sit in that chair, too.
- Fouché: And to think that he had supper with us only last night. It's amazing how fast you lose friends these days.
- Maximilian Robespierre: And you never know who's next on the list, Fouche.
- Fouché: It must be quite a thrill, making out your death list every night.
- François Barras: I arrived just in time to see Danton on his way out. Exactly as you planned, wasn't it?
- Maximilian Robespierre: Danton was my friend, not yours. Why should you feel badly about it?
- François Barras: Because Danton was a good soldier. Without him, France would have been overrun by the armies of Europe.
- Maximilian Robespierre: That was yesterday. Like all good soldiers, he outlived his usefulness.
- François Barras: This would make you dictator of France.
- Maximilian Robespierre: Yes.
- François Barras: We didn't storm the Bastille to make any man dictator.
- Maximilian Robespierre: I'm not "any man".
- Fouché: You had a visitor, I see.
- Charles D'Aubigny: All work and no play?
- Fouché: I thought you enjoyed your work.
- Charles D'Aubigny: The real pleasure of my work went out with the guillotine. It's all over too fast now. Even hanging, that lasts for a few moments. No, Citizen Fouche. What this country needs is an elegant, slow death. Give a man four hours to die, it's worth watching.
- Fouché: Let's try it sometime, shall we?
- Charles D'Aubigny: Anyone in particular?
- Fouché: Robespierre has a beautiful long list. We're gonna have some great times together, eh, Duval?
- Charles D'Aubigny: Yes, I can hardly wait.
- Saint Just: You know something? I don't think you *are* Duval.
- Charles D'Aubigny: No?
- Saint Just: You don't look like a butcher.
- Charles D'Aubigny: You know, at first glance, one could almost mistake you for a human being.
- Maximilian Robespierre: I can't decide whether to promote you or denounce you.
- Fouché: Where in all Paris would you find anybody as disloyal, unscrupulous, scheming, treacherous, cunning, or deceitful as I? Oh, you'd have to do some tall looking, Max.
- Charles D'Aubigny: Seems I remember an appointment we had four years ago. Only one of us showed up. The stupid one. Your Charles has grown up to be a smart boy, now.
- Madelon: I'll be waiting.
- Charles D'Aubigny: I wouldn't count the minutes.
- Charles D'Aubigny: [to Saint Just] You know at first glance one could almost mistake you for a human being.
- Madelon: I don't blame you for hating me.
- Charles D'Aubigny: I don't like to deprive you of that satisfaction, Madelon, but I don't hate you. I just don't care anymore.
- Fouché: [Last lines] Robespierre planned on having statues built of himself. But all he leaves behind him... is stale bread.
- Napoleon Bonaparte: [His face isn't shown] The end is always being put to some use in France, citizen. The art of being a Frenchman is knowing what comes next.
- Fouché: Have you any idea?
- Napoleon Bonaparte: I am neither a Frenchman nor a politician. I am merely a soldier.
- Fouché: Well, my friend, I must be off. Perhaps we shall meet again some time.
- Fouché: [stops, turns around] Oh, uh, by the way, I don't believe I got your name.
- Napoleon Bonaparte: My name is Bonaparte. Napoleon Bonaparte.
- Fouché: Napoleon Bonaparte. I'll try to remember that.
- Fouché: [D'Aubigny, leading Barras out a secret exit, is intercepted by Fouche and his men] Citizen Barras, you're under arrest.
- Charles D'Aubigny: He's my prisoner.
- Fouché: Was.
- Charles D'Aubigny: Is.
- Fouché: I'm afraid you're a little confused, Duval. *I'm* the Chief of Police.
- Charles D'Aubigny: You *were* Chief of Police.
- Charles D'Aubigny: [whips out a document from inside his coat] My authorization from Robespierre. Now, if you'll be so kind as to leave?
- Charles D'Aubigny: [to Madelon] Just because I refused a kiss, you'd have me killed. Since when have you put such a price on your kisses?
- Maximilian Robespierre: If you've come to plea for your husband's life, you're late.
- Danton's wife: Maximilian, what has come over you? Danton is your friend - your very *good* friend! Together you saved France! Without Danton, where would you be today?
- Maximilian Robespierre: I can't let personal feelings interfere. The people have found him guilty.
- Danton's wife: "The people"? But *you* are the people. They do what *you* say!
- Maximilian Robespierre: [brushes past her] Take out an appeal!
- Danton's wife: [sobbing] Who can I appeal to? Only you! Look at me. Answer me! Stop playing God!
- Maximilian Robespierre: [impassively] "God"? The Revolution abolished God. It's only the will of the people. And the people have spoken.
- Maximilian Robespierre: Get out of my chair.
- Fouché: [gets up rather deliberately] Is that the way to talk to your Chief of Secret Police? I'm ashamed of you, Max.