The Hunger Games (2012)

Donald Sutherland: President Snow

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• President Snow : Seneca... why do you think we have a winner?

  Seneca Crane : [frowns]  What do you mean?

  President Snow : I mean, why do we have a winner? I mean, if we just wanted to intimidate the districts, why not round up twenty-four of them at random and execute them all at once? Be a lot faster.

  [Seneca just stares, confused] 

  President Snow : Hope.

  Seneca Crane : Hope?

  President Snow : Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is fine, as long as it's contained.

  Seneca Crane : So...?

  President Snow : So, CONTAIN it.

• President Snow : An eleven?

  Seneca Crane : She earned it.

  President Snow : She shot an arrow at your head.

  Seneca Crane : Well, at an apple.

  President Snow : Near your head.

• President Snow : [voice over]  War, terrible war. Widows, orphans, a motherless child. This was the uprising that rocked our land. Thirteen districts rebelled against the country that fed them, loved them, protected them. Brother turned on brother until nothing remained. And then came the peace, hard fought, sorely won. A people rose up from the ashes and a new era was born. But freedom has a cost. When the traitors were defeated, we swore as a nation we would never know this treason again. And so it was decreed that, each year, the various districts of Panem would offer up, in tribute, one young man and woman to fight to the death in a pageant of honor, courage and sacrifice. The lone victor, bathed in riches, would serve as a reminder of our generosity and our forgiveness. This is how we remember our past. This is how we safeguard our future.

• President Snow : What a lovely pin.

  Katniss Everdeen : Thank you. It's from my district.

• Seneca Crane : Everyone likes an underdog.

  President Snow : I don't.

• President Snow : I like you.

• President Snow : Welcome...! Welcome...! Tributes, we welcome you. We salute your courage and your sacrifice... and we wish you... Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

• President Snow : Welcome, and happy Hunger Games.