Game of Thrones [Season 5, Episode 1]

— The powerful have always preyed on the powerless. That's how they became powerful in the first place.
— Perhaps. And perhaps we've grown so used to horror, we assume there's no other way.

Politics is the art of compromise.

We all must choose. Man or woman, young or old, lord or peasant, our choices are the same. We choose light, or we choose darkness. We choose good, or we choose evil.

Everyone wants to know their future until they know their future.

Any fool with a bit of luck can find himself born into power. But earning it for yourself, that takes work.

Still, it's easier to rule happy subjects than angry ones.

The freedom to make my own mistakes was all I ever wanted.

— You already drank yourself across the Narrow Sea.
— In a box. Why stop now?
— Because we are talking about the future of our country.
— The future is shit.
— Just like the past.