- Protopopov: It is ironic, Majesty, that it should be quieter at the front than it is here at the capital.
- Tsarina Alexandra: You must not allow yourself to be intimidated by a gaggle of petit-bourgeois troublemakers. If our dear friend were alive, he would not have allowed this to happen.
- Tsar Nicholas II: I sometimes wonder whether my people fully realise the terrible weight of responsibility I carry upon my shoulders.
- Tsarina Alexandra: We must be grateful to Providence, Nicky, that he fit the back to the burden.
- Lenin: If the revolution has begun in Russia, then what in the name of God are we doing in Switzerland?