The Emperors New Clothes Quotes

Captain Nicholls: Let us understand each other. Either this is Napoleon, in which case we have all nobly performed our duty, and may look forward to a well-deserved retirement in England at the expense of the British Crown. Or this is an imposter, and you have colluded in the most heinous fraud of all time, the suitable punishment for which I can only guess at. While I, I have allowed the Monster of Europe to slip through my fingers and escape from this island on my watch. ON MY WATCH! Gentlemen... what we have here is a dead emperor.

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Emperor: Emperors don't stick their necks out. They stick somebody else's.

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Henry Dispenser: We are weavers of distinction, Your Majesty.

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Prime Minister: Your Majesty, I take it this is one suit of clothes that will not be in the museum.
The Emperor: Wrong! This suit of clothes will have a place of honor in the museum, to show that even an Emperor can be wrong.

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The Emperor: It's diamond thread! Diamond makes a spectrum, and blue and red make...
Duke: Uh... reddy-blue?
Prime Minister: Uh... bluey-red?
The Emperor: Blue and red make PURPLE!

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