“There is no Episode VII…Not about Luke Skywalker, not about, you know, that group of people and that struggle to bring democracy back to the galaxy.”

“Sometimes you must let go of your pride and do what is asked of us.

Anakin Skywalker, Episode 2: Attack of the Clones”

“There are times when the end justifies the means. But when you build an argument based on a whole series of such times, you may find that you've constructed an entire philosophy of evil." --Luke Skywalker”

“It's always surprising to be reminded that while you're watching and thinking about people, all knowing and superior, they're watching and thinking about you, right back at you.”

“When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you'll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.”

“Democracy begins as an act of imagination about people. For this reason democracy is a doctrine of social criticism.”

“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”

“Events conspired to bring you back to where you'd been. It was what you did then that made all the difference: it was all about potential.”

“All religions so far have been the expression of historical stages of development of individual peoples or groups of peoples. But communism is the stage of historical development which makes all existing religions superfluous and brings about their disappearance.”

“If you don't tell people about your success, they probably won't know about it.”