- Preacher: We pledge allegiance to the Bible. The Old Testament shall be our sole and only Constitution.
- Aunt Lydia: In the days of evil and anarchy you had freedom to, now you are granted freedom from. Don't underrate it.
- Serena Joy: [to Kate] I want to see as little of you as possible. If I get trouble, I give trouble right back.
- Aunt Lydia: I hate to punish her, but she abused herself and your body is a temple of purity. So let that be a lesson to you. We know men can't help it, but we're different. We have self control. Dignity.
- Moira: Don't you dare fucking move around or I'll stick this thing so far up your fucking ass you won't even know what hit you. You'll go all the way to the moon. Yes, you little goody two-shoes.
- Commander: The guys made their move and asked me to go in with them. So, I liked most of the things they wanted to do, so that was it. Period.
- Kate: Why?
- Commander: Why? Country was in a mess, that's why - a total mess. All the garbage had kind of risen to the top. You know, we had all these pressure groups running the store, trying to dictate to us. Blacks, homos, you know all those people on welfare.
- Kate: Women.
- Commander: Yes, siree, women. So we had to clean it up. We took out a big hose and washed the place clean.
- Aunt Lydia: You are the lucky ones. You are going to serve God and country. I pronounce you handmaids.
- Aunt Lydia: Today, only one out of a hundred women can still bear children, and some women stopped. Believing there would be no future, they refused. Refused to bear children! They wouldn't even try! They were lazy women! They were sluts!
- Moira: The damn wives don't want me! I don't know why. Maybe I scare them. Maybe they think I want to touch their tits.
- Nick: Boss' wife was real ladylike. She said, "I want you to fuck her, Nick. I want you to give her the works." I said, "Yes, ma'am. Anything you say, ma'am."
- Commander: I want you to be happy, Serena.
- Serena Joy: Yes. Life is so much easier for you when I am.
- Pregnant Handmaid: Men didn't love you then. They didn't value what we could do. The - they wouldn't look at you twice unless you were some kind of beauty queen. You had to have big tits and a little nose - and - and even if they did marry you, they would knock you up and run off with somebody else. Now - now you get - more respect.
- Commander: The country was crazy. I mean, nobody felt anything, men or women. All they had was, like how can I put it? Like itches. Sex itches, money itches, power itches. But that's not enough. There was no common purpose. Nothing to believe in, nothing to fight for. Nobody really knew how to feel anything anymore.
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