Reign of Terror (1949)

Richard Hart: François Barras

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• François Barras : I arrived just in time to see Danton on his way out. Exactly as you planned, wasn't it?

  Maximilian Robespierre : Danton was my friend, not yours. Why should you feel badly about it?

  François Barras : Because Danton was a good soldier. Without him, France would have been overrun by the armies of Europe.

  Maximilian Robespierre : That was yesterday. Like all good soldiers, he outlived his usefulness.

• François Barras : This would make you dictator of France.

  Maximilian Robespierre : Yes.

  François Barras : We didn't storm the Bastille to make any man dictator.

  Maximilian Robespierre : I'm not "any man".