The best 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.

Everything I did, I did for the Rebellion.

The axe forgets, but the tree remembers.

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.

There's enough darkness in the galaxy right now. Let me know if you want to spread a little light

We are Alderaan. We answer rage with wisdom. We answer fear with imagination. We answer war with hope. If one life with a single drop of Alderaanian blood survives, Alderaan survives.

Rule through the fear of force rather than force itself.

Dooku chose his next words carefully. "Qui-Gon returned from Tatooine with a former slave boy. According to the boy's mother, the boy had no father."

Kanan: "Zeb, are you embarrassing the Imperials again?"
Zeb: "Honestly, Kanan, it's hard not to."

Thrawn or Tarkin would be perfect for this assignment. But both are gone. And few in my Empire rise to their level of skill

You will find that many of the truths we cling to, depend greatly on our own point of view.

I'll never turn to the dark side. You've failed, your highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me.

Luke: "I'll not leave you here. I've got to save you!"
Vader: "You already have, Luke."

Good is a point of view, Anakin. The Sith and the Jedi are similar in almost every way.

We are indebted to you for your bravery, Obi-Wan Kenobi. And you, young Skywalker, we will watch your career with great interest.

It is with great reluctance that I have agreed to this calling. I love democracy. I love the Republic. The power you give me, I will lay down when this crisis has abated.

Never bring a knife to a sword fight. Unless it's concealed.

Confronting fear is the destiny of a Jedi. Your destiny.

Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering.

Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute.
Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade of deadly battleships, the greedy Trade Federation has stopped all shipping to the small planet of Naboo.
While the congress of the Republic endlessly debates this alarming chain of events, the Supreme Chancellor has secretly dispatched two Jedi Knights, the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy, to settle the conflict....

Bo-Katan: "I haven't seen battle droids since the Clone Wars."
Din: "I have."
Bo-Katan: "Any of 'em look suspicious?"
Din: "They all look suspicious."

This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the end of Kenobi, and will soon see the end of the rebellion.

Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?

Not all Mandalorians are bounty hunters. Some of us serve a higher purpose.

As a Jedi, we were trained to be keepers of the peace, not soldiers. But all I've been since I was a Padawan is a soldier.

If you're not with me, then you're my enemy.