The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)

Yul Brynner: The Chairman

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• The Chairman : Whenever the poor are happy and servants are proud - when even the mad are respected, then power is at an end. It's anarchy.

• The Chairman : Commissar, I trust neither my wife nor my daughter or my best friend.

  The Commissar : No? Well, that's normal.

  The Chairman : [Looking at The Prospector a couple café tables away]  But, a face like that, I would trust with my innermost secrets.

• The Chairman : Yes sir, I know these people. Fortunately, I escaped.

  The Reverend : You came from a poor family, did you, Mr. Chairman?

  The Chairman : Yes. I believe I was one of eleven - I'm not sure. My mother spent most of her life bent over a washtub in order to send me to a good school. I'll always be grateful to her, of course, but you know, I just can't remember her face.