- Lord Mountbatten: You may hate him now, but one day, God willing, you will be a father yourself. And you will fall short, as all parents do. And be hated. And you will know what it is to pray for the forgiveness from your own son.
- Kurt Hahn: I don't expect you to get on with everyone. What I do expect of all my pupils is to conform with Platonic ideals-to argue without quarreling, to quarrel without suspecting, to suspect without slandering.
- Young Prince Philip: Sir...
- Kurt Hahn: You and James will have extra building duties. You can work on the main gate together.
- Young Prince Philip: Look, in my defense...
- Kurt Hahn: [slams table] I think we've all seen how you act in your defense.
- Young Prince Philip: [exhales]
- Kurt Hahn: Thank you.
- Queen Elizabeth II: Bullied children are scarred for life. And scarred children make destroyed adults.