The best Quotes from Star Wars: Andor

Everything I did, I did for the Rebellion.

The axe forgets, but the tree remembers.

Senator: "If you're doing nothing wrong, what is there to fear?"
Mon Mothma: "I'm fearing your definition of wrong."

I've learned from Palpatine. I show you the stone in my hand, you miss the knife at your throat.

Our first responsibility is to the citizens who have sent us here. Our second vow is to protect the power and independence of this remarkable chamber. I stand here today to speak with senators who've come with open minds, those of you who still believe that when we enter this building we are in a temple.

One forgets to savor the familiar.

The Empire has been choking us so slowly, we're starting not to notice. The time has come to force their hand.

Cassian: "You're taking on an Imperial armory?"
Vel: "Are you not joining us?"
Cassian: "Us? How many of us are there?"
Vel: "Now we are seven."

So much going wrong, so much to say, and all of it happening so quickly. The pace of repression outstrips our ability to understand it. And that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine. It's easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident.

Our elemental rights are such a simple thing to hold on, they will have to shake the galaxy hard to loosen our grip.

Yeah, luck. It drives the whole damn galaxy, doesn't it?

Has anyone ever made a weapon that wasn't used?

Tay Kolma: "It's been a long time, and you've certainly grown up."
Leida Mothma: "So everyone says."
Tay Kolma: "Typical banker. No one pays me to be original."

It's hard being surrounded with this much history and not be humbled by the insignificance of our daily anxieties.

Oh, I'm a rebel. It's just, uh... me against everybody else.

Wouldn't you rather give it all at once to something real, than carve off useless pieces till there's nothing left?

Aldhani has the unfortunate quality of being close to nothing and not far away from everything.

It took the combined ingredients of idiocy, ineptitude, and total disengagement for this farce to have reached the full apex of incredulous disaster.

Can one ever be too aggressive in preserving order?

There comes a time when the risk of doing nothing becomes the greatest risk of all.

The best way to keep the blade sharp is to use it.

Andor should be considered armed and dangerous. He may not appear to be a formidable opponent, but two of our men are dead having made that mistake.

Captain Tigo: "Could I be made Prefect? The title. I know it doesn't come with extra pay."
Lieutenant Supervisor Blevin: "You can wear a ball gown if you'd like."

Tempo is crucial. Velocity in the service of inspired leadership, is there a worthy substitute?

Rule number one, never carry anything you don't control.

Rule number two, build your exit on your way in.

Willi: "You know what they say?"
Luthen: "No, what's that?"
Willi: "If you can't find it here, it's not worth finding."

There's no room for doubt on the path to success.

We've chosen a side. We're fighting against the dark. We're making something of our lives.

Saw Gerrera: "For the greater good!"
Luthen Rael: "Call it what you will."
Saw Gerrera: "Let's call it war."

Spies. Saboteurs. Assassins. We've all done terrible things on behalf of the Rebellion.

As long as everyone thinks I'm an irritation, there's a good chance they'll miss what I'm really doing.

It's a lie. The Mon Mothma people think they know, it's a lie. It's a projection. It's a front.

Luthen Rael: "The time has come to force their hand."
Mon Mothma: "At what cost?"
Luthen Rael: "Everything!"

To steal from the Empire you just walk in like you belong. They're so proud of themselves. So fat and satisfied. They can't imagine that someone like me would ever get inside their house.

Taramyn Barcona: "Vel said you could pilot."
Lieutenant Gorn: "Fly a Rono?"
Cassian Andor: "A box freighter? Mh, it's not really flying, but yeah."

People are standing up. That's what a reckoning sounds like.

This is what revolution looks like.

I'm a polite, sometimes-indecisive Senator who spends her days fighting and failing to protect Separatist do-gooders and battle Empire overreach.

They're everywhere. There's a new spy every day at the Senate.

No one's more at risk than I am. I'd be the first one to fall.

I believe, and believe strongly, that the Republic needs Jedi that get their hands dirty, that are part of the Republic's daily life. Jedi that live in ivory towers might be more dangerous than no Jedi at all.

Holding a planet doesn't just introduce the possibility that you will lose it. It begins the countdown.

I'm beginning to think the Force and I have different priorities.