Amazing Grace (2006)

Ciarán Hinds: Lord Tarleton

Quotes 

• Duke of Clarence : Noblesse oblige.

  Lord Tarleton : What the bloody hell does that mean?

  Duke of Clarence : It means: my nobility obliges me to recognize the virtue of an exceptional commoner

• William Wilberforce : No matter how loud you shout, you will not drown out the voice of the people!

  Lord Tarleton : People?

• Lord Tarleton : [walks into what looks like an empty room]  Where the hell is everyone?

  Lord Charles Fox : Everybody's at the races in Epsom. They were given free tickets. I saved one for you.

  [holds up ticket] 

  Lord Charles Fox : A free gift from William Wilburforce.

  [smiles] 

• Lord Tarleton : I can hardly believe my ears!

  Heckler : And we can hardly believe your mouth!

• Lord Tarleton : Mr. Speaker, I do believe the abolitionists are coming at us at a side wind.

  Speaker of the House : Side wind? What kind of a side wind?

  Lord Tarleton : I'm not sure what kind of side wind, I just know that there's something going on. The Jacobites are in.