Quotes by Mon Mothma

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.

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.

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

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

Appearances and perceptions are important to the New Republic. And properly so. The Empire rules by force and threat; we rule instead by inspiration and leadership. We cannot be perceived to be cowering here in fear of our lives.

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

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.

This is how the Old Republic died. This is how the Empire was born. Look with me for a moment at what I call the Empire's Great Lie. "Emperor" Palpatine has continued the pretense that he would end social injustice and corruption. On the surface, his policies may seem to be aimed at righting the wrongs imposed by the waning Republic. But his true goal has always been the subjugation of the thousand thousand worlds and the enslavement of all galactic citizens. He rules by fear rather than by consent. He states that all beings are equal citizens while he carries out secret missions designed to destroy whole races.

Many Bothans died to bring us this information.

The Emperor has made a critical error, and the time for our attack has come.