Tyrant Quotes
Not everyone who disagrees with you is a traitor.
Leila [to Barry]
I prefer honest to polite.
Nafisa
Halmia's Boyfriend: That's crazy. You know, that's...that is giving him all the power.
Halima: I'm a woman! He *has* all the power!
Haitham: That means this country is about to remember it's worst self, again. It's when people like me would... They come for us in the middle of the night and we disappear.
Sammy That's not gonna happen. I know my father.
Haitham: No, no, no...You knew, you knew him before he sat in that chair. The office changes everything.
You think you know fervor, General? This is an end-of-days cult. You have no idea what fervor is.
Cogswell
You know what your problem is? You're too filled with hate now. You have your daughter in your head, and that might make you a very good father, but it makes you a terrible president.
Leila [to Barry]
This whole damn world is insane, and I'm just trying to find something, anything, to help me through it, even if it's not mine.
Daliyah
Some people are born brave. And for some it takes a long time.
Leila
It is not news that we persevere. It is our only choice. And who we are. In the face of hate, this is our answer.
Daliyah
It's nice when families can have activities they can do together. We kill each other. We bury each other.
Ahmed
Family's a screwed up thing, isn't it? Democracy, too.
Sammy
Is that what you think God wants? More martyrs? Paradise is full of martyrs. The real sacrifice is to live, here, with us, and try to make peace. This man is your brother.
Al-Qadi [to protester]
