Quotes
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Joseph Fouché : In other words, you're asking me to support the plot.
Napoléon : I don't consider ridding the country of a bunch of rogues and swindlers to be a plot.
Joseph Fouché : Yes. While I may not always approve of the government's policies, I am a member of it.
Napoléon : You'll be a member of the next one. You will be my minister of police.
Joseph Fouché : That's very generous of you, but I am already minister of police. So if you have no other argument...
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Joseph Fouché : I have my informers. This system has saved your life many times over.
Napoléon : And you didn't inform me?
Joseph Fouché : The bombs were all found in time.
Napoléon : Bombs. Who planted them?
Joseph Fouché : The royalists, with England acting as their banker. A bomb is more expensive than a vial of poison, or a dagger.
Napoléon : So this is what politics is like.
Joseph Fouché : No, this is what hatred is like, Monsieur Premier Consul. Hatred.
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Joseph Fouché : When we imprison a man, it's usually because he has broken the law. In other words, when it's too late. Personally I'd rather prevent him from committing a crime.
Napoléon : But you have to know to prevent it.
Joseph Fouché : Yes. Know everything about everyone.
