The Story of Vickie (1954)

Karl Ludwig Diehl: Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister

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• Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : Your majesty, I need your signature.

  Princess Victoria : Self-government of the colonies?

  Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : We ministers deliberated over this problem one rainy afternoon, the we had no idea what else to do with ourselves.

  Princess Victoria : Will we not become alienated from the colonies and ultimately lose them?

  Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : I don't believe so. England will remain the rich uncle and the colony will be the poor, faithful relation. Your Majesty, England is big, very big. And mankind is small. One day, the time may come when the responsibility to governing our vast empire is beyond human power. In order to safeguard Your Majesty's estates, we've sought to find a way out. Self-government of the colonies.

  Princess Victoria : Lord Melbourne, you're a genius.

  Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : It is valuable, Your Majesty, to understand, embrace and implement good ideas.

• Lord Palmerstone : What's wrong with the Queen?

  Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : The childhood illness of all monarchs: the delusion that they can improve the world.

• Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : Here are a few judgements from the military court. They include harsh punishments. Following my reform of the criminal justice system, which aims to do away with capital punishment, the only crimes still punishable will be high treason, murder, piracy, rape...

  Princess Victoria : Rape? What is that?

  Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : You don't know what rape is, Your Majesty?

  Princess Victoria : No, what is it?

  Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : It is violation. It is difficult to...

  Princess Victoria : If I'm to sing something, I need to know what it concerns.

  Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister : Yes, Your Majesty, how can I explain? Rape concerns something, not inherently repugnant, that a man inflicts upon a woman against her will.