Oxenstierna Quotes in Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina: Must we live for the dead?

Oxenstierna: For the great dead, yes, your Majesty.

Queen Christina: This war is expensive.

Magnus: The parliament clamors for more war.

Oxenstierna: They clamor for a Swedish marriage for your majesty. They clamor for an heir of Swedish blood!

Queen Christina: In short, Chancellor, they clamor.

Oxenstierna: The sword has made Sweden great, your majesty!

Queen Christina: Yes, but do we not exult it too much, Chancellor?

Oxenstierna: You cannot remake the world, your majesty.

Queen Christina: Why not? Look, Chancellor, the philosophers remake it. The artists remake it. The scientists remake it. Now, why not we - we the power? The people follow blindly, the generals lead them to destruction. Will they not follow us? We'll lead them beyond themselves - where there is grace and beauty and gaiety and freedom!

Oxenstierna: Europe is an armed camp, your majesty. Not a Utopia peopled with shepherds.