One Night with the King - Political Intrigue Among Persian Princes
Prince Memucan: [very anxious]
Think not I heard your whispered orchestrations that night and how you drew even me into your schemes!
Prince Admantha: [snapping]
In these troubled time, it is easy to name any man traitor! I even recall a certain campaign in Ionia, under King Darius; where someone allowed the defeated Greeks to keep their own form of government. Their democracy, instead of placing the protocol of the empire in control; favoring democracy. They doctrine to which all Persia is opposed.
Prince Memucan: [indignant, turning to leave]
I followed orders!
Prince Admantha: [stopping him, chuckling a little]
Come. Come. Come. Come. We trouble ourselves with foolish things. The King asked me to speak, I did. I obeyed as you did.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - The Rising Threat and Hope in Darkness
Denethor: [to Gandalf before dropping the torch to set himself and Faramir on fire; extended edition only]
You may triumph on the field of battle for a day, but against the power that is risen in the East, there is no victory!
Arwen:
From the ashes, a fire shall be woken. A light from the shadow shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken. The crownless again shall be king.
Legolas: [talking to Aragorn; reacts with horror as he senses Pippin looking into the Palantir]
The stars are veiled. Something stirs in the East, a sleepless malice...The Eye of the Enemy is moving. He is here!
Éomer: [to Éowyn, about Merry]
You know as little of war as that Hobbit. When the fear takes him, and the blood, and the screams, and the horrors of battle take hold, do you think he would stand and fight? He would flee. And it would be right to do so. War is the province of Men, Éowyn.
Theoden:
Reform the line. Reform the line! Sound the charge; take them head on! Charge!!
Gothmog:
The Age of Men is over. The time of the Orc has come.
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