Memorable Quotes from David Schofield
5 quotesThe Significance of Nine Pieces of Eight
Lord Beckett
A piece of eight; nine of them, you say?
Mercer
Yes, sir. Our contact in Singapore was certain about that: Nine pieces of eight.
Beckett
What's the significance of that, I wonder?
Mercer
Does it matter? There's nothing that can hold against the armada, not with the Flying Dutchman at the lead.
Becket
Nothing we know of. Did your contact happen to mention where the Brethren are meeting?
Mercer
He was mum on that, sir.
Beckett
Then he knows the value of information...Better keep this between ourselves. We don't want anyone running off to Singapore, now do we?
[Mercer glances back at Governor Swann]
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Fear and Wonder in Roman Politics
Falco
Games. One hundred and fifty days of games.
Gracchus
He's cleverer than I thought.
Falco
Clever"! The whole of Rome would be laughing at him, if they weren't so afraid of his Praetorian.
Gracchus
Fear and wonder, a powerful combination.
Falco
You really think people are going to be seduced by that?
Gracchus
I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob. Conjure magic for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate, it's the sand of the Colosseum. He'll bring them death…and they will love him for it.
[about Commodus]
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Justice will prevail despite oppression.
Erwin von Witzleben
You may hand us over to the executioner, but in three months time, the disgusted and harried people will bring you to book and drag you alive through the dirt in the streets.
[historical quote, to chief judge Roland Freisler of the "People's Court"]
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Cautionary Advice in a Dark Setting
Dart Player
Go. Stay on the road. Keep clear of the moors.
David
Yeah. Thank you.
Chess Player
Beware the moon, lads.
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Discussion on the Valkyrie Plan
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg
Valkyrie.
General Friedrich Olbricht
We've already considered Valkyrie, it isn't suitable.
Maj Gen Henning von Tresckow
Not as it's currently written, but the colonel has an idea I think we should consider.
Dr. Carl Goerdeler
Excuse me, what is Valkyrie?
Ludwig Beck
]. The Reserve Army has thousands of men all over Berlin. Valkyrie is Hitler's contingency plan to mobilize those men during a national emergency.
[[w:Operation Valkyrie|Operation Valkyrie]
Tresckow
The sole purpose of the order is to protect Hitler's government if he's cut off or killed.
Goerdeler
And what use is this to us?
Stauffenberg
Valkyrie is designed to contain civil unrest, but what if the SS was staging a coup? State Security is trying to overthrow Hitler; how would High Command respond?
Olbricht
We'd have no choice, we would declare a military state of emergency.
Tresckow
Exactly, and initiate Valkyrie.
Stauffenberg
Hitler's own Reserve Army, using Hitler's own plan, will have no choice but to seize power in Berlin to prevent the SS takeover. They'll think they're fighting for Hitler's government, not against it.
Tresckow
While we quietly put a new government in place.
Goerdeler
But only if he's dead. That's what you're saying, isn't it? How else are you going to convince people the SS are trying to seize power?
Stauffenberg
We have to kill Hitler.
Goerdeler
I'm disappointed in you, Colonel. I thought a man of your background would suggest a more honorable approach.
Olbricht
Your plan has a few minor obstacles, Colonel. Firstly, Valkyrie would have to be rewritten to exclude the SS.
Stauffenberg
And I'll need your help to get a copy.
Beck
Rewriting an order is one thing, distributing it is another. In this case, we'd be willfully circulating written evidence of high treason.
Olbricht
Evidence requiring Hitler's signature.
Stauffenberg
Well, we can all draw straws for that job.
Olbricht
And what about ]?
[[w:Friedrich Fromm|Fromm]
Goerdeler
Fromm, who is Fromm?
Beck
He's the commander of the Reserve Army.
Olbricht
I can put the Reserve troops on alert, but only Fromm can initiate Valkyrie.
Beck
Can you get to him?
Erwin von Witzleben
We're running out of time, can you get to Fromm?
Olbricht
He's a careerist pig.
Tresckow
But one who's gone as far as he can go in Hitler's army. It's no secret he's unhappy about it.
Beck
Offer him a key position in the new regime. Make him see the light.
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